8.033 | Fall 2006 | Undergraduate

Relativity

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lecture5_kinem2.pdf

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This resource contains lecture slides on time dilation and length contraction, decay of atmospheric muons, pole vaulter problem, alternative looks at time dilation and length contraction, spacetime intervals, and first discussion of accelerated clocks.

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