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Space, Time and Relativity Lecture Notes

Course contents, Relativity before Einstein.

Michelson, Morley experiment, Einstein's Postulates, the Relativity of Simulaneity and the Light Pulse Clock.

Lorentz Transformation equations.

Space-time diagrams and the space-time interval.

Faster than Light?.

Relativistic Kinematics and Doppler shift.

Twins' Paradox and Newton's Second Law.

General Relativity.

  • Tutorial Sheets
  • Tutorial Sheet 1
    Solutions to Tutorial Sheet 1
    Tutorial Sheet 2
    Tutorial Sheet 2a
    Tutorial Sheet 3
    Tutorial Sheet 4
    Solutions to Tutorial Sheet 2 questions
    Solutions to Tutorial Sheet 2 problems
    Solutions to Tutorial Sheet 2a
    Solutions to Tutorial Sheet 3
    Solutions to Tutorial Sheet 4

    If you have any questions about the material or indeed if you find any mistakes please email me.

    Jim Al-Khalili
    (17 December, 2010)