Through Einstein's Eyes Online - Visualizing Special Relativity

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written by Craig M. Savage

Through Einstein's Eyes web site is the online version of a multimedia project based around how things look at relativistic speeds. It is aimed at high school to early university level physics students.

There are two sections. One is fun and spectacular, with a relativistic roller coaster ride and a tour of the solar system. The other explores the physics of special relativity.

CD and DVD versions of the material are available, and are helpful because of the large size of some of the video files.

Please note that this resource requires Quicktime.

http://people.physics.anu.edu.au/~cms130/TEE/

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Education Practices - Technology = Multimedia Relativity - Miscellaneous - Special Relativity	- Lower Undergraduate - High School - Informal Education	- Instructional Material = Tutorial - Reference Material = Research study - Audio/Visual = Image/Image Set = Movie/Animation

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Access Rights:: Limited free access; Cost for CD or DVD versions
License:: This material is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 license.
Rights Holder:: The Australian National University School of Physics
Keywords:: Einstein's view, aberration, length contraction, multimedia view of light speed, relativistic Doppler effect, relativity simulation, special relativity, time dilation, traveling at the speed of light
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created April 19, 2005 by Craig Savage
Record Updated:: August 14, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: June 22, 2005
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AAAS Benchmark Alignments (2008 Version)

10. Historical Perspectives

10C. Relating Matter & Energy and Time & Space

9-12: 10C/H1. As a young man, Albert Einstein, a German scientist, formulated the special theory of relativity, which brought about revolutionary changes in human understanding of nature. Among the counterintuitive ideas of special relativity is that the speed of light is the same for all observers no matter how they or the light source happen to be moving. In addition, nothing can travel faster than the speed of light.
9-12: 10C/H6. Under everyday situations, most of the predictions of special relativity are nearly identical to those of classical mechanics. The more counterintuitive predictions of special relativity occur in situations that humans do not typically experience.

11. Common Themes

11B. Models

6-8: 11B/M4. Simulations are often useful in modeling events and processes.
9-12: 11B/H1a. A mathematical model uses rules and relationships to describe and predict objects and events in the real world.
9-12: 11B/H2. Computers have greatly improved the power and use of mathematical models by performing computations that are very long, very complicated, or repetitive. Therefore, computers can reveal the consequences of applying complex rules or of changing the rules. The graphic capabilities of computers make them useful in the design and simulated testing of devices and structures and in the simulation of complicated processes.

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Savage, C. (2005, June 22). Through Einstein's Eyes Online - Visualizing Special Relativity. Retrieved May 1, 2024, from http://people.physics.anu.edu.au/~cms130/TEE/

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Savage, Craig. Through Einstein's Eyes Online - Visualizing Special Relativity. June 22, 2005. http://people.physics.anu.edu.au/~cms130/TEE/ (accessed 1 May 2024).

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Savage, Craig. Through Einstein's Eyes Online - Visualizing Special Relativity. 2005. 22 June 2005. 1 May 2024 <http://people.physics.anu.edu.au/~cms130/TEE/>.

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