Special Relativity
Offered By: Columbia University via World Science U
Course Description
Overview
Einstein’s Special Relativity upended our understanding of space, time and energy. While the ideas are subtle, they only require high school algebra, so join this math-based introduction with acclaimed physicist and author, Brian Greene.
Syllabus
- Scale
- Speed
- The Speed of Light
- Units
- The Mathematics of Speed
- Relativity of Simultaneity
- Pitfalls
- Calculating the Time Difference
- Time in MotionHow Fast Does Time Slow?
- The Mathematics of Slow Time
- Time Dilation: Examples
- Time Dilation: Experimental Evidence
- The Reality of Past, Present, and Future
- Time Dilation: Intuitive Explanation
- Motion’s Effect on Space
- Motion’s Effect on Space: Mathematical Form
- Length Contraction: Examples
- Coordinates for Space
- Coordinates for Time
- Coordinates in Motion
- Clocks in Motion: Examples
- The Lorentz Transformation
- The Lorentz Transformation: Examples
- Combining Velocities
- Spacetime Diagrams
- Lorentz Transformation: As An Exotic Rotation
- Reality of Past, Present, Future: Math Details
- Invariants
- Cause and Effect: A Spacetime Invariant
- Intuition and Time Dilation: Math Approach
- The Pole in the Barn Paradox
- The Pole in the Barn: Quantitative Details
- The Pole in the Barn: Spacetime Diagrams
- The Pole in the Barn: Lock the Doors
- The Twin Paradox
- The Twin Paradox: Without Acceleration
- The Twin Paradox: The Twins Communicate
- The Relativistic Doppler Effect
- The Twins Communicate: Quantitative
- Implications for Mass: Intuitive Explanation
- Force and Energy
- E = mc²
- Special Relativity: Course Recap
- Final Exam
Taught by
Brian Greene
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