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Einstein's Special Relativity
Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity predicts some unusual effects when traveling near the speed of light.
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Science Fiction Genre & Warp Drive
How science fiction movies and books violate Einstein's relativity theory with travel faster than the speed of light.
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Solving Space and Time Dilation
Special Relativity states that as an object travels closer to the speed of light, both time and space will lose their meaning. The math for this is surprisingly simple.
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Special Relativity Down to Earth
Special relativity, particularly time dilation, is introduced.
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Peter Galison's Take on Relativity
Peter Galison's remarkable work on science at the end of the 19th century gives an entirely new and interesting take on the motives and methods behind relativity theory.
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Relativistic Effects
When an object with mass moves at a speed approaching the speed of light, it's inherent properties are changed in surprising ways.
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Simultaneity and Relativity
In striving to develop his theory of Special Relativity, Einstein was forced to prove that truly simultaneous events could never possibly be measured.
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The Equivalence of Mass and Energy
Einstein's theory of special relativity resulted in perhaps the most famous equation every created, and changed the world of science forever.
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The Lorentz Transformation
The mathematical work of H.A. Lorentz would prove invaluable to Albert Einstein as he attempted to work out his theory of Special Relativity.
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Time and Space Dilation
Albert Einstein developed his theories of time and space dilation to show the world exactly why the speed of light remained constant. In so doing, he changed everything.
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Traveling at the Speed of Light
Embedded within the special theory of relativity are four fundamental reasons that Einstein provided to explain why nothing can ever travel at or beyond light speed.
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Alan Turing's Processing Machine
In 1936, Alan Turing devised a computing machine which could, in theory, rival even the most powerful computers of today.
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