PIRSA:08080061

Special Relativity 2 - Spacetime Diagrams for Sound Travelling in Air

Epp, R. (2008). Special Relativity 2 - Spacetime Diagrams for Sound Travelling in Air. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/08080061

Epp, Richard. Special Relativity 2 - Spacetime Diagrams for Sound Travelling in Air. Perimeter Institute, Aug. 10, 2008, https://pirsa.org/08080061 

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            title = {Special Relativity 2 - Spacetime Diagrams for Sound Travelling in Air},
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            year = {2008},
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Richard Epp

University of Waterloo

Talk number
PIRSA:08080061
Collection
Abstract
Drawing spacetime diagrams of simple thought experiments involving sound in air as a warm up exercise for light in vacuum.
Learning Outcomes:
• Deepening our understanding of how to draw and interpret spacetime diagrams.
• Measuring space and time in the same units – a first step towards unifying space and time into “spacetime.”
• Why, for an observer at rest with respect to still air, the speed of sound is independent of the motion of the source of sound.