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Course Introduction
Relativistic Mechanics [8 lectures]
Subsections
Relativity, reference frames
The Galilean Transformation
The failure of the Galilean Transformation
Experiments on the speed of light
Special Relativity
The Lorentz Transformation
Length Contraction
Time Dilation, The Doppler Effect
The Twin Paradox
Electricity and Magnetism
The Relativity of Mass
Mass and Energy
Massless particles
General Relativity
The Global Positioning System
Introduction
The GPS system
Relativistic effects
Relativistic corrections
Simon Connell 2006-02-21