[mcritz]

Indeed, some patterns in nature might look familiar. For instance, stellar matter in novae seem a lot like clouds but only because human psychology is really good at pattern recognition.

As for Newtonian physics versus relativity Brian Green’s Elegant Universe TV show (and book) does a great job illustrating the differences in an entertaining way.

If you’re into that type of thing.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/elegant-universe-einste...