An Illustrated Guide to Relativity
http://edu-observatory.org/olli/Relativity/index.html




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 Table of Contents, Index  
 Lecture Notes  
 Special Relativity Practice Problems  
  


Course Description:
   This course is based on the book, "An Illustrated Guide to
   Relativity", by Tatsu Takeuchi, of Virginia Polytechnic
   Institute and State University, a delightful book that uses
   simple space-time diagrams to visualize and teach the basic
   features of special relativity. This is done so well that
   the material can, in principle, be learned directly from
   the diagrams.



⓵ Basics, Galilean Relativity
   http://edu-observatory.org/olli/Relativity/Week1.html
   
⓶ Einsteinian Relativity
   http://edu-observatory.org/olli/Relativity/Week2.html

⓷ Causality
   http://edu-observatory.org/olli/Relativity/Week3.html

⓸ Consequences
   http://edu-observatory.org/olli/Relativity/Week4.html

⓹ Review of Spacetime Diagrams, Special Relativity, and 
   Lorentz Transformations
   http://edu-observatory.org/olli/Relativity/Week5.html

⓺ What are necessary applications of special relativity 
   in the real world?
   http://edu-observatory.org/olli/Relativity/Week6.html









Interactive Minkowski Diagram
  https://sciencesims.com/sims/minkowski/  
Lorentz Factor Calculator  𝛾 = 1/√(1-(v^2/c^2))
  https://www.azcalculator.com/calc/lorentz-factor-calculator.php  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorentz_factor
  
  



Five Papers That Shook the World
  https://physicsworld.com/a/five-papers-that-shook-the-world/

ON THE ELECTRODYNAMICS OF MOVING BODIES  By A. Einstein
  http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/specrel/specrel.pdf

Beautiful, Simple and Profound  (90 min)
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_yk45m4E3M
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASzECGtSpqQ

Spacetime: All the universe's a stage
  https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/spacetime-all-the-universes-a-stage  

Feynman Diagrams
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe7atm1x6Mg  

    
    
    
  
  
 
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