Details

Faculty	Faculty of Science and Medicine
Domain	Physics
Code	UE-SPH.03506
Languages	English , German
Type of lesson	Lecture
Level	Bachelor
Semester	AS-2024

Title

French	Relativité et cosmologie
German	Relativitätstheorie und Kosmologie
English	Relativity and Cosmology

Schedules and rooms

Summary schedule	Monday 13:15 - 15:00, Hebdomadaire (Autumn semester)
Struct. of the schedule	2h par semaine durant 14 semaines
Contact's hours	28

Teaching

Responsibles	Leuenberger Christoph
Teachers	Leuenberger Christoph
Description	Einstein’s relativity, special and general, is a cornerstone of modern physics. It embraces topics like time delation, curved spacetime, black holes, gravitational waves, and cosmology. This class uses a “physics first” approach to make this theory accessible with a minimum of tensor calculus.
Training objectives	Have a basic understanding of the principles of special and general relativity. Know the major experiments and phenomena in the field. Get a grasp of the necessary notions in differential geometry (tensors, curvature etc.).
Softskills	Yes
Off field	Yes
BeNeFri	Yes
Mobility	Yes
UniPop	No
Auditor	Yes

Documents

Bibliography

The class is based on the textbook „A General Relativity Workbook“ by Thomas A. Moore (University Science Books, 2013). There exists a French translation of this book: Tomas A. Moore, „Relativité générale“ (DeBoeck, 2014).

Written exam - AS-2024, Session d'hiver 2025

Date	06.02.2025 10:00 - 11:00
Assessments methods	By rating
Descriptions of Exams	Examen écrit de 60 minutes.

Written exam - SS-2025, Session d'été 2025

Assessments methods	By rating
Descriptions of Exams	Examen écrit de 60 minutes.