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8.20 Introduction to Special Relativity | Physics

This course introduces the basic ideas and equations of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity. If you have hoped to understand the physics of Lorentz contraction, time dilation, the "twin paradox", and E=mc2, you're in the right place.AcknowledgementsProf. Knuteson wishes to acknowledge that this course was originally designed and taught by Prof. Robert Jaffe.... Show More

Keywords:: Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity, General Relativity, relativity paradoxes, space-time diagrams, four vectors, Lorentz invariants, relativistic energy and momentum, length contraction, Lorentz transformations, relativistic kinematics, time dilation, Doppler shift

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Material Type:: Online Course
Date Added to MERLOT:: May 12, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: May 12, 2016
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Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

Primary Audience:: College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division
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Language:: English
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