Ok, I will try to learn from the basics. So far I have been reading Feynman's lectures, but he does not go very in depth (since he only has a few chapters devoted to relativity).
Thank you both for responding! Unfortunately, I still don't really get it... From BruceW's post, it seems that I don't even understand the definition of t'. Is the time transformation equation according to the person in the t reference frame, or the person in the t' reference frame? It seems...
I recently started self-learning special relativity. I am having lots of trouble convincing myself about the Lorentz transformations. I realize that I must be doing something really stupid, but I just can't pinpoint it.
I get that the equation for x' follows from the fact that "rulers" used in...