Space, Time and Einstein
Offered By: Columbia University via World Science U
Course Description
Overview
Join a visual and conceptual introduction to Einstein's spectacular insights into space, time and energy. For a mathematical introduction to Special Relativity check out Special Relativity.
Syllabus
- Scale
- Speed
- The Speed of Light
- Relativity of Simultaneity
- Time in Motion
- How Fast Does Time Slow?
- Time Dilation: Experimental Evidence
- The Reality of Past, Present, and Future
- Time Dilation: Intuitive Explanation
- Motion’s Effect on Space
- The Pole in the Barn Paradox
- The Twin Paradox
- Implications for Mass: Intuitive Explanation
- Space, Time and Einstein—Course Recap
Taught by
Brian Greene
Tags
Related Courses
Introduction to LogicStanford University via Coursera Networked Life
University of Pennsylvania via Coursera Introduction to Mathematical Thinking
Stanford University via Coursera Computational Photography
Georgia Institute of Technology via Coursera Initiation à la théorie des distributions
École Polytechnique via Coursera