h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Are you still around EnergeticRobb?

"That's because this isn't about Special Relativity, it is about the other sort."

Ah, yes, that's pretty obvious from the title isn't it. I think I realised I wasn't thinking about General Relativity and corrected my post, but then still posted it here.

Entry: General Theory Of Relativty - A73254648
Author: EnergeticRobb978 - U14573969



*waves to Alex

Okay, so I think I'm a reasonably intelligent person, although some have argued that exactly the opposite is true. Overall, I found this entry very readable, although I did have to kind of skip over the math bits. And I learned something, so it passes that test.

I do wonder if the “Attempts at a Unified Field Theory” and “An Introduction to String Theory” sections appropriate to an entry that is specifically on the General Theory of Relativity? It seems to me that each of those sections could have their own entries.

Now for the minor stuff...

In the “theory” section;

"What Einstein hated most about his equation was that." This sentence structure seems clumsy to me. Even the minor change to "That was what Einstien..." would probably flow better.

"Little did he know that it was put back in after his death due to the arise of a new theory:" Well, no he probably didn't, since he was dead at the time. This phrasing may be a bit too "cute" to fit into the rest of the entry well. I'd get rid of the "Little did he know" bit.

These two items are matters of opinion and taste, so take or leave them as you please. Now, onto the the nitpicking.

In the “suggestions” secton:

"Oh no,it predicted" needs a space after the comma.

"Yeas, general relativity" needs to be corrected to "Yes, general relativity."

In the “gravitational Microlensing and Lensing” section:

"Gravitational lesing, is when a similar thing happens but the rays are bent so much that they deflect and make the object look bigger, though this is extremely rare, it does happen," needs to be corrected to "Gravitational leNsing" and does not neet the comma after the word "lensing."

I do like this entry and think that it has a place in the edited guide.

NBY

I recommend Flea Market as the author has left the building.


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