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This web site contains a detailed introduction to relativity.  It integrates textual explanations of relativity concepts with diagrams and animations to clarify the material. It includes a historical perspective, the basics of spacetime, special relativity, and general relativity. The approach is non-mathematical throughout.
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General Physics
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Relativity
- Beyond Relativity
- Galilean Relativity
- General Relativity
- History
- Special Relativity
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- High School
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© 1995 Rob Salgado
Keywords:
Light Cone, Maxwell, Maxwell's Theory, Minkowsky, Principle of Equivalence, black hole, spacetime, twin paradox
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Metadata instance created February 24, 2006 by Jason Garman
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April 30, 2005
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The Light Cone site has moved

Author: Rob Salgado
Posted: March 6, 2015 at 7:35PM
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The Light Cone site has moved to
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R. Salgado, (1995), WWW Document, (http://visualrelativity.com/LIGHTCONE/indexv.html).
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R. Salgado, The Light Cone: an illuminating introduction to relativity (1995), <http://visualrelativity.com/LIGHTCONE/indexv.html>.
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Salgado, R. (2005, April 30). The Light Cone: an illuminating introduction to relativity. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from http://visualrelativity.com/LIGHTCONE/indexv.html
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Salgado, Roberto B.. The Light Cone: an illuminating introduction to relativity. April 30, 2005. http://visualrelativity.com/LIGHTCONE/indexv.html (accessed 29 March 2024).
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Salgado, Roberto B.. The Light Cone: an illuminating introduction to relativity. 1995. 30 Apr. 2005. 29 Mar. 2024 <http://visualrelativity.com/LIGHTCONE/indexv.html>.
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Contains The Light Cone: The Twin Paradox Applet

A Java applet based on Lorentzian and Galilean spacetime.

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