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Michael Fowler and Jacquie Hui Wan Ching
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 a fraction of the speed of light. The user can change the speed of the moving clock.
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=5578">Fowler, Michael, and Jacquie Hui Wan Ching. Light Clock. July 24, 2007.</a>
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M. Fowler and J. Hui Wan Ching, (2003), WWW Document, (http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlets/lightclock.swf).
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M. Fowler and J. Hui Wan Ching, Light Clock (2003), <http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlets/lightclock.swf>.
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Fowler, M., & Hui Wan Ching, J. (2007, July 24). Light Clock. Retrieved September 11, 2024, from http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlets/lightclock.swf
Chicago Format
Fowler, Michael, and Jacquie Hui Wan Ching. Light Clock. July 24, 2007. http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlets/lightclock.swf (accessed 11 September 2024).
MLA Format
Fowler, Michael, and Jacquie Hui Wan Ching. Light Clock. 2003. 24 July 2007. 11 Sep. 2024 <http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlets/lightclock.swf>.
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@misc{
Author = "Michael Fowler and Jacquie Hui Wan Ching",
Title = {Light Clock},
Volume = {2024},
Number = {11 September 2024},
Month = {July 24, 2007},
Year = {2003}
}
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%A Michael Fowler %A Jacquie Hui Wan Ching %T Light Clock %D July 24, 2007 %U http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlets/lightclock.swf %O application/flash
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%0 Electronic Source %A Fowler, Michael %A Hui Wan Ching, Jacquie %D July 24, 2007 %T Light Clock %V 2024 %N 11 September 2024 %8 July 24, 2007 %9 application/flash %U http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlets/lightclock.swf Disclaimer: ComPADRE offers citation styles as a guide only. We cannot offer interpretations about citations as this is an automated procedure. Please refer to the style manuals in the Citation Source Information area for clarifications.
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