Manga Guide to Relativity

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That's right. General relativity is mathematically more difficult than special relativity.

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I said this even in my first lecture, remember?

Therefore, I'll just superficially explain what general relativity is about.

General relativity says that light will bend and the passage of time will slow down in the vicinity of a massive star that has large gravitational pull.

Let's talk about that!

I'll do whatever I can to be able to understand this!

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