Special Relativity

Einstein's 1905 revolution: drop the idea of absolute time, keep the speed of light fixed, and watch simultaneity, lengths and clocks bend into a single four-dimensional spacetime.

This subject course follows the topic vertically, across the years it spans. The lessons are still being written — each is shown as a placeholder.

Year 1 — Special Relativity

  1. Postulates and Simultaneity
  2. Time Dilation
  3. Length Contraction
  4. The Lorentz Transformation
  5. Relativistic Velocity Addition
  6. Spacetime and Minkowski Diagrams
  7. Relativistic Momentum and Energy
  8. Four-Vectors and Invariants
  9. The Relativistic Doppler Effect