Special Relativity in 14 Easy (Hyper)lessons
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The
speed of light is constant
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Stationary
and moving "light clocks"
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Moving
clocks tick slowly
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Quantitative
description of time dilation
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Two
ways to measure the length of a moving object
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Time
dilation
Lorentz
contraction
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Definition
of an event: measurements specify intervals between events
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Constant
speed of light
nonsimultaneity
of events
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Quantitative
description of nonsimultaneity
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Lorentz
transformations
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Relativistic
train/tunnel "paradox"
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Paradox
explained
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Can
a massive object exceed the speed of light?
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Why
there are magnetic fields
Here's a very challenging
problem which illustrates how some General Relativistic effects
can be derived from Special Relativity and the Principle of Equivalence.
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