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Through Einstein's Eyes Online - Visualizing Special Relativity
written by Craig M. Savage
Visit Through Einstein's Eyes for a simulation of what you would see if travel were possible at light speed. You can take a roller coaster ride, observe a tram moving near the speed of light, and tour of the solar system. Elsewhere in the site, you can explore the physics of special relativity.

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http://people.physics.anu.edu.au/~cms130/TEE/
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- Special Relativity
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Physics To Go This resource was a Physics To Go feature from July 1, 2006 until July 16, 2006. View the feature here!


Access Rights: Limited free access
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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: Aug 14, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
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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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C. Savage, (2005), WWW Document, (http://people.physics.anu.edu.au/~cms130/TEE/).
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C. Savage, Through Einstein's Eyes Online - Visualizing Special Relativity (2005), <http://people.physics.anu.edu.au/~cms130/TEE/>.
APA Format
Savage, C. (2005, June 22). Through Einstein's Eyes Online - Visualizing Special Relativity. Retrieved October 3, 2024, from http://people.physics.anu.edu.au/~cms130/TEE/
Chicago Format
Savage, Craig. Through Einstein's Eyes Online - Visualizing Special Relativity. June 22, 2005. http://people.physics.anu.edu.au/~cms130/TEE/ (accessed 3 October 2024).
MLA Format
Savage, Craig. Through Einstein's Eyes Online - Visualizing Special Relativity. 2005. 22 June 2005. 3 Oct. 2024 <http://people.physics.anu.edu.au/~cms130/TEE/>.
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