PERIMETER INSTITUTE RECORDED SEMINAR ARCHIVE
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Special Relativity 10 - Coordinate Axes and Length Contraction Speaker(s): Richard Epp
Abstract: A discussion of the space and time axes of a moving observer and an introduction to length contraction.
Learning Outcomes: • Understanding why and by how much a moving observer’s position axis is “tilted in time.” • Understanding how a moving platform appears to a stationary observer. • Beginning to understand the cause of length contraction. Date: 13/08/2008 - 9:00 am
Collection: ISSYP Virtual
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