Skip to content

Latest commit

 

History

History
22 lines (18 loc) · 761 Bytes

coursera - Understanding Einstein The Special Theory of Relativity.md

File metadata and controls

22 lines (18 loc) · 761 Bytes

Week 5

Speed of light is 300 000 km/s, or 1 foot pre nanosecond Light year = distance covered by light in one year

Week 8

Einstein in context

  • worked in Swiss pattern office
  • 1905 was his miracle year, several papers
  • "time is suspect"

Principle of relativity, principle of light constancy

  • invariance of the speed of light to all observers

Relativity of simultaneity

  • clocks that are synchronized in static frame of reference are not synchronized in moving frame of reference
  • time dilation - someone who observers moving clock will see moving clock move more slowly than theirs
  • length contraction
  • Lorenz transformation between inertial frames of reference

Implication

Faster than light

reversal of cause and effect