Browsing Physics (8) - Archived by Subject "General Relativity"
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8.033 Relativity, Fall 2003
(2003-12)Normally taken by physics majors in their sophomore year. Einstein's postulates; consequences for simultaneity, time dilation, length contraction, clock synchronization; Lorentz transformation; relativistic effects and ... -
8.20 Introduction to Special Relativity, January (IAP) 2003
(2003-01)Introduces the basic ideas and equations of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity. Topics include: Lorentz transformations, length contraction and time dilation, four vectors, Lorentz invariants, relativistic energy and ... -
8.20 Introduction to Special Relativity, January IAP 2005
(2005)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, ...