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LETTING STUDENTS TO ACQUIRE THE CONCEPTUAL AND OBSERVATIONAL FOUNDATIONS OF GENERAL RELATIVITY, LIKE THE GEOMETRICAL THEORY OF GRAVITATION, AND ITS PHENOMENOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL IMPLICATIONS; TEACHING THEM TO MASTER THE FOUR-DIMENSIONAL FORMALISM OF EINSTEIN’S SPACE-TIME, LIKE RIEMANN’S MANIFOLD, AND ITS RELATED TENSOR CALCULUS AND DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY.
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