PIRSA:08080067

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Epp, R. (2008). Special Relativity 8 - Applications of Minkowskian Geometry. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/08080067

Epp, Richard. Special Relativity 8 - Applications of Minkowskian Geometry. Perimeter Institute, Aug. 12, 2008, https://pirsa.org/08080067 

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  url = {https://pirsa.org/08080067},
  author = {Epp, Richard},
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  language = {en},
  title = {Special Relativity 8 - Applications of Minkowskian Geometry},
  publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
  year = {2008},
  month = {aug},
  note = {PIRSA:08080067 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
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Abstract

Learning to use Minkowskian geometry to understand, very simply, a variety of aspects of Einstein’s spacetime.
Learning Outcomes:
• How a straight line is the longest path between two points in spacetime.
• How a light particle experiences space and time: its journey from one location in the universe to another involves zero spacetime distance, and is thus instantaneous!
• How Einstein’s special relativity has no difficulty handling accelerated observers.

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