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        PHYSICS 3510
    Web Links for Ch. 1

Relativity I

History of Special Relativity

-- Brief History of Relativity Before Einstein
-- Einstein's Original (1905) Special Relativity Paper: (In German)
-- Einstein's "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies"  (English Translation)
-- The Michelson-Morley Experiment
-- The Michelson-Morely Interferometer (an applet showing the expected result)
-- Special relativity (A brief history of its beginnings)

Introduction to Special Relativity

-- Can the Vacuum be Engineered for Spaceflight applications?
-- Welcome to Hyperspace (International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation)
-- John Baez's Stuff
-- The Light Cone: Einstein-Minkowski Spacetime
-- The Light Cone - An Illuminating Introduction to Relativity (by Rob Salgado)
-- The Light Cone: Introducing SPACETIME
-- Lorentz Physlet
-- Relativity and Cosmology: Einstein and Beyond -Syracuse U.
-- Relativistic Effects on Objects at High Speeds *
-- 9.2 Space Continued (Special Relativity)
-- Space and Time in Special Relativity (A moving clock applet) *
-- Space-Time Engineering Has links to FTL, wormholes, time travel, etc.


Online Books, Lectures, Notes


-- David W. Hogg - Special Relativity Good intro.
-- Einstein's Lecture Notes- Special Relativity Interesting, but not very useful.
-- Einstein's Relativity Elementary, but mostly general relativity
-- Howstuffworks How Special Relativity Works
-- Lecture 21 Special Relativity Very sketchy outline.
-- Mechanics and Special Relativity Start at Chapter 10 for relativity.
-- Modern Relativity- special relativity-David Waite
-- More Relativity Trains, Twins, Doppler (Good!)
-- Notes on Special Relativity (easy)
-- Relativity notes -great intro
-- SHORT COURSE IN SPECIAL RELATIVITY
-- Special Theory of Relativity Emotional Exercises

Special Topics in Special Relativity


-- If you go too fast do you become a black hole?
-- Physics and Star Trek Page
-- Visualizing Proper Time in Special Relativity
-- Visualizing Proper Time in Special Relativity [with LightClocks] 
-- Was Einstein Wrong? (about constant speed of light)

Twins Paradox


-- The Light Cone: Twin Paradox Applet
-- The Twins Paradox: Why Acceleration Is Not Relevant