Chapter 35 - Special Relativity

Main Table of Contents

  0: Introduction
  1: Reference frames
  2: Events and observers
  3: Light can travel through a vacuum
  4: Simultaneity, or the lack thereof
  5: Interactive problem: Conduct Einstein's simultaneity experiment
  6: Time dilation optional
  7: Exploring and deriving time dilation optional
  8: Interactive problem: Experiment with the light clock optional
  9: Length contraction
10: Doppler shift for light
11: Relativistic linear momentum optional
12: Mass and energy
13: Gotchas
14: Summary

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