Table of Contents
The Birth of Relativity Albert Einstein
Announcements
Introduction - I
Introduction - II
Introduction - III
Introduction - IV
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Information on Einstein
Einstein’s Two Postulates
What Are These Postulates?
What Do These Postulates Do?
If Einstein is right, something is wrong with our ideas of space and time!
What could be wrong with our ideas of space and time??
The Key Concept concerning Time: Simultaneity
Simultaneity: Definition
Einstein’s “Gedanken Experiments”
An Operational Test
Simultaneity: Operational Test
Simultaneity: Operational Test
The universal speed limit
Time and Space
Apparent length of a moving object
Measuring a moving train - I
Measuring a moving train - II
Moving objects appear shorter than when at rest!
Garage Paradox
Summary
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Author: R. M. Martin
Email: rmartin@uiuc.edu
Home Page: http://online.physics.uiuc.edu/courses/phys150/fall03/index.html
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