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    • Week 1: Foundations of Special Relativity
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    • Week 3: Kinematics in Special Relativity
    • Week 4: Beyond Special Relativity
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Instructor:
  • Prof. Markus Klute
Course Number:
  • 8.20
Departments:
  • Physics
As Taught In: January IAP 2021
Level: Undergraduate

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    Physics
    Relativity

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Introduction to Special Relativity
  • Syllabus

  • Video Lectures

    • Week 1: Foundations of Special Relativity
    • Week 2: Spacetime in Special Relativity
    • Week 3: Kinematics in Special Relativity
    • Week 4: Beyond Special Relativity
  • Readings

  • Assignments

  • Exams

Video Lectures

Week 2: Spacetime in Special Relativity

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Lecture 4.1: Time Dilation
Lecture 4.2: Muons
Lecture 4.3: Length Contraction
Lecture 4.4: Invariance
Lecture 4.5: Lorentz Transformation
Lecture 5.1: Voyager Program
Lecture 5.2: Velocity Addition
Lecture 5.3: Spacetime Diagrams
Lecture 5.4: Regions in Spacetime Diagrams
Lecture 5.5: Causality
Lecture 6.1: Pole-in-the-Barn Paradox
Lecture 6.2: Twin Paradox
Lecture 6.3: Spacecraft-on-a-Rope Paradox
Lecture 7.1: Introduction to the Doppler Effect
Lecture 7.2: Relativistic Doppler Effect
Lecture 7.3: Redshift
Lecture 7.4: Galaxy Travel

Course Info

Instructor:
  • Prof. Markus Klute
Course Number:
  • 8.20
Departments:
  • Physics
As Taught In: January IAP 2021
Level: Undergraduate

Topics

  • Science
    Physics
    Relativity

Learning Resource Types

theaters Lecture Videos
assignment_turned_in Problem Sets with Solutions
grading Exams with Solutions
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