Table of Contents
The Wedding of Time and Space
Announcements
Introduction
Time Measured “At Rest”
Time Dilation
Time Dilation Calculation
The Principle of Relativity: How can each observer say the other’s clock runs slow?
The Results!
Is the clock slowing real? YES!
What about Lengths??
What about Lengths??
Length perpendicular to the motion does NOT change!
Conclusions on Time and Lengths
Garage “Paradox”
Garage “Paradox” - continued
Garage “Paradox” - continued
Exercise
Space-Time: 4 dimensions
International Standard of Length
Rocket Twin Paradox
The Rocket Twin is Younger!
The Rocket Twin is Younger!
Other tests of the “Twin 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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