Week 16 (Apr. 28 - May 2)

Read: The principle of relativity (ASGv2 Chap. 29) and The absolute speed of light (ASGv2 Chap. 30).

Key topics: principle of relativity, speed of light postulate, relativistic time dilation and length contraction,
Quiz: Last quiz on Monday

Homework:

  1. Inertial coordinates (Ex. 29.1),
  2. Simultaneity (Ex. 30.1),
  3. Relativistic time dilation (Ex. 30.2),
  4. Relativistic length contraction (Ex. 30.3)

Lab:
Lab cleanup; come to lab to inventory and organize lab bins (this is graded…)

Chapter 29:
Three videos on Einstein's principle of relativity.







Chapter 30: Eleven videos on Newton's theory of relativity.























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