Relativity without tears

Acta Physica Polonica B

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 811-885

  Silagadze, Z K ^a  

^a NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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COSMOLOGY; PHYSICS; TEACHING;

(E ,2E) THEORY; CENTURY (CO); COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANTS; MODERN PHYSICS; NEWTONIAN PHYSICS; REAL-SPACE; SPECIAL RELATIVITY;

RELATIVITY;

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