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Relativity in its Historical Context
The discovery of special relativity was inevitable, given the momentous discoveries that preceded it.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~histor...
Time Dilation
The gamma factor and time dilation can be derived using a very simple clock.
http://www.pa.msu.edu/courses/2000spring/P...
Jim Doyle's Special Relativity Pages
A growing collection of pages on special relativity, including Special Relativity in under 15 Minutes!
http://www.btinternet.com/~j.doyle/SR/sr1....
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.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/relativity.ht...
Relativistic contraction
Relativists consider it a very important exercise to have students decide how to measure the length of a rapidly moving object.
http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfadd/1160/Ch27SpR...
Einstein Light
A multimedia tutorial on Special Relativity. The introductory level takes 10 minutes, but has links to over 40 explanatory pages giving greater depth and breadth.
http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/
Special relativity lecture notes
A standard introduction to special relativity where explanations are based on pictures called spacetime diagrams.
http://www.phys.vt.edu/~takeuchi/relativit...
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.
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Rela...
The Twin Paradox in a Spatially Closed and Bounded Universe
Spatially compact spacetimes break global Lorentz invariance and define absolute inertial frames of reference.
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.physics...
C-Ship
A short overview of special relativity, filled with relativistic ray traced images. Explains relativistic effects using a theoretical spaceship.
http://www.fourmilab.ch/cship/
Relativity Tutorial
An illustrated introductory guide to relativity, intended for advanced high school or college students. Large file to download.
http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/relatvty...
Is Travel Faster Than Light Possible?
Individual photons, which tunnel through a quantum barrier, can apparently travel faster than light.
http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_question.cf...
Santa at Nearly the Speed of Light
An estimate of the speed and distances covered by Santa Claus on Christmas night. The physics is unassailable. The article is hosted on the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory website.
http://www.fnal.gov/pub/ferminews/santa/
Special Relativity
A brief overview of the theory of special relativity, and how it pertains to particles at SLAC (Stanford Linear Accelerator)
http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/vvc/theory/r...
Relatively Simple
Special Relativity made Relatively Simple offers information and experiments about special relativity.
http://web.wt.net/~cbenton/relativity.htm
Special Relativity
A unit for an online relativity textbook explaining special relativistic mathematical physics.
http://www.geocities.com/zcphysicsms/sr.ht...
Warp
Special relativity simulator, including doppler shifting, lorentz transforms, optical aberration, and the headlight effect.
http://www.adamauton.com/warp/
Henri Poincaré: A Decisive Contribution to Special Relativity
Henri Poincaré set up all the basic concepts of special relativity several years before Einstein published On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies (Annalen der Physik vol XVII 1905 p. 891-921). This is the short version of the story.
http://www-cosmosaf.iap.fr/Poincare-RR3A.h...
Special Relativity
Tutorial explains about the postulates, paradox, simulaneity, time dilation, Lorentz transformation constructions, spacetime wheel, and the Fitzgerald-Lorentz contraction. Page includes some animated illustrations.
http://casa.colorado.edu/~ajsh/sr/sr.shtml
Special relativity article
From the free encyclopedia Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_relat...
How Did Einstein Discover Special Relativity?
Dr. John Stachel speculates on how Einstein arrived at SRT. Dr. Stachel is Professor of Physics Emeritus and Director of the Center of Einstein Studies at Boston University.
http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/essay-...
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