Special Relativity (Relativity)

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Relativity in its Historical Context Relativity in its Historical Context: The discovery of special relativity was inevitable, given the momentous discoveries that preceded it. (Special Relativity) http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Special_relativity.html Is Travel Faster Than Light Possible? Is Travel Faster Than Light Possible?: From: Scientific American: Ask the Experts: Physics (Special Relativity) http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_question.cfm?articleID=000657D8-67D9-1C71-9EB7809EC588F2D7 Relativistic Contraction Relativistic Contraction: Those who teach special relativity consider it a very important exercise to have students decide how to measure the length of a rapidly moving object. (Special Relativity) http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/%7ecfadd/1160/Ch27SpRl/ApLrntz.html Traveling the Universe at Constant Acceleration Traveling the Universe at Constant Acceleration: Suppose you took a trip across the Universe in a spaceship, accelerating all the time at one Earth gravity g. How far would you travel in how much time? (Special Relativity) http://casa.colorado.edu/~ajsh/sr/wheel.html Relativity and Acceleration Relativity and Acceleration: A fairly non-mathematical treatment of special relativity and its application to acceleration and rotation. (Special Relativity) http://www.angelfire.com/ab3/mjramp/phys/rel1.html Jim Doyle's Special Relativity Pages Jim Doyle's Special Relativity Pages: A growing collection of pages on special relativity, including Special Relativity in under 15 Minutes! (Special Relativity) http://www.btinternet.com/~j.doyle/SR/sr1.htm How Do You Add Velocities in Special Relativity? How Do You Add Velocities in Special Relativity?: Here is the formula for adding velocities in special relativity when motion occurs in a single direction. (Special Relativity) http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/SR/velocity.html C-Ship C-Ship: A short overview of special relativity, filled with relativistic ray traced images. Explains relativistic effects using a theoretical spaceship. (Special Relativity) http://www.fourmilab.ch/cship/ Special relativity article Special relativity article: From the free encyclopedia Wikipedia. (Special Relativity) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_relativity Special Relativity Lecture Notes Special Relativity Lecture Notes: A standard introduction to special relativity where explanations are based on pictures called spacetime diagrams. (Special Relativity) http://www.phys.vt.edu/~takeuchi/relativity/notes An Intuitive Derivation of the Lorentz Transformation An Intuitive Derivation of the Lorentz Transformation: A derivation of the fundamental equations of special relativity without using the constancy of light postulate. (Special Relativity) http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity Relatively Simple Relatively Simple: Special Relativity made Relatively Simple offers information and experiments about special relativity. (Special Relativity) http://web.wt.net/~cbenton/relativity.htm How Stuff Works: Special Relativity How Stuff Works: Special Relativity: The major principles of special relativity (SR) are discussed in an accessible way, via 5 segments, to help you understand the lingo and theories involved. (Special Relativity) http://www.howstuffworks.com/relativity.htm Minkowski spacetime Minkowski spacetime: Minkowski's spacetime concept explained.[PDF] (Special Relativity) http://home.wanadoo.nl/ronald.koster/minkowski.html Relativity Tutorial Relativity Tutorial: An introduction to relativity using space-time diagrams. (Special Relativity) http://www.astro.ucla.edu/%7ewright/relatvty.htm Special Relativity Special Relativity: A unit for an online relativity textbook explaining special relativistic mathematical physics. (Special Relativity) http://www.geocities.com/zcphysicsms/sr.htm