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This is a series of animations that demonstrate the tools used to understand Special Relativity and explain some of the unintuitive result of Special Relativity with graphical, animated diagrams. An understanding of basic terminology required. Topics covered are the worldline, light clock, time dilation, length contraction, and finally the twin-paradox.
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videos are available in two formats: avi and rm
Author: Rob Salgado Windows Media Player is sufficient to view the larger but higher-quality .avi videos.
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<a href="https://psrc.aapt.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=4160">Salgado, Roberto B.. Visualizing Proper Time in Special Relativity [with a Light Clock]. December 3, 2006.</a>
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R. Salgado, Visualizing Proper Time in Special Relativity [with a Light Clock] (2001), <http://visualrelativity.com/LIGHTCONE/LightClock/>.
APA Format
Salgado, R. (2006, December 3). Visualizing Proper Time in Special Relativity [with a Light Clock]. Retrieved October 8, 2024, from http://visualrelativity.com/LIGHTCONE/LightClock/
Chicago Format
Salgado, Roberto B.. Visualizing Proper Time in Special Relativity [with a Light Clock]. December 3, 2006. http://visualrelativity.com/LIGHTCONE/LightClock/ (accessed 8 October 2024).
MLA Format
Salgado, Roberto B.. Visualizing Proper Time in Special Relativity [with a Light Clock]. 2001. 3 Dec. 2006. 8 Oct. 2024 <http://visualrelativity.com/LIGHTCONE/LightClock/>.
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Author = "Roberto B. Salgado",
Title = {Visualizing Proper Time in Special Relativity [with a Light Clock]},
Volume = {2024},
Number = {8 October 2024},
Month = {December 3, 2006},
Year = {2001}
}
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%A Roberto B. Salgado %T Visualizing Proper Time in Special Relativity [with a Light Clock] %D December 3, 2006 %U http://visualrelativity.com/LIGHTCONE/LightClock/ %O video/mp4
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