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written by Patricia Schwarz

Spacetime 101 provides basic background covering how mathematical models of space and time have evolved since ancient times, from the Pythagorean Rule to Newtonian mechanics, Special Relativity and General Relativity. It places particular emphasis on the observed properties of light, which were important in reshaping the mathematical models of space and time in Special Relativity. It is written in the language of a non-physicist.

http://www.theory.caltech.edu/people/patricia/st101.html

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Astronomy - Historical Astronomy Relativity - General Relativity - Special Relativity = Simultaneity = Time Dilation	- High School - Lower Undergraduate	- Collection - Instructional Material = Activity = Tutorial - Reference Material

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Intended Users:: Educator
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Format:: text/html
Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2000 California Institute of Technology
Keywords:: Lorentz, Lorentz transformation, causality, history, light cone, relativity, space and time
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created August 9, 2004 by Patricia Monahan
Record Updated:: December 9, 2011 by Caroline Hall
Last Update when Cataloged:: June 7, 2011
Other Collections:: The Spacetime Emporium

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