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Relativity Variables: Velocity, Doppler-Bondi k, and Rapidity

March 24, 2017
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Traditional presentations of special relativity place emphasis on "velocity", which of course has an important physical interpretation... carried over…
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Learn About Spacetime Diagrams of Light Clocks

June 16, 2016
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We demonstrate a method for constructing spacetime diagrams for special relativity on graph paper that has been rotated by 45 degrees. Many quantitative…
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