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History of Special Relativity 
  
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A timeline of the major developments in relativity. It starts with Galilean Relativity via Newton and ends with General Relativity.
http://www.nobelprize.org/educational/physics/relativity/history-1.html
Twin Paradox Program  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Twin Paradox program displays the effect of time dilation on a moving twin as seen from a stationary twin. In the default scenario the light signals sent from the moving twin are…
http://www.compadre.org/relativity/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7238&DocID=...
Simultaneous Events Program  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Simultaneous Events program displays the effect of relative motion on the relative ordering of events in special relativity. In the default scenario two simultaneous events are…
http://www.compadre.org/relativity/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7237&DocID=...
Relativity Metric Program  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Relativity Metric program displays the effect of relative motion on the spatial and temporal separation of events in special relativity. In the default scenario, by dragging the…
http://www.compadre.org/relativity/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7236&DocID=...
Einstein Light: Inertial frames and Newtonian mechanics 
  
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This web page describes inertial and non-inertial frames of reference, the latter being frames where Newton's laws do not hold. The text explains "fictitious forces", the centrifugal…
http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/jw/module1_Inertial.htm
Light Clock 
  
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M. Fowler and J. Hui Wan Ching
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This simple animation illustrates the principle of time dilation as predicted by special relativity. The simulation consists of two light clocks, one at rest and the other moving at…
http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlets/ligh...
The Light Cone: The Twin Paradox Applet 
  
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This applet explains the principles of Relativity based on Lorentzian and Galilean spacetime. The user can control the boost/Velocity. The applet will display the spacetime diagram…
http://www.physics.syr.edu/courses/modules/LIGHTCONE/java/TwinParadox.ht...
On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies 
  
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This is an English translation of the 1905 paper by Albert Einstein on Special Relativity.
http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/specrel/www/
Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon its Energy-Content? 
  
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This is an English translation of the 1905 article by Albert Einstein that establishes the relation between the mass and energy of a particle.
http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/E_mc2/www/
Inertia and Relativity 
  
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This site offers information on inertia and relativity. It begins with a discussion on how this idea evolved and changed over time to become the theory it is today.
http://www.mathpages.com/rr/s1-03/1-03.htm