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1. Einstein Light: Inertial frames and Newtonian mechanics

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Byline:: J. Wolfe
Item Types:: Activity; Material for a New Teacher

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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://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/jw/module1_Inertial.htm

2. Einstein Light

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Byline:: J. Wolfe and G. Hatsidimitris
Item Types:: Activity; Assessment; Material for a New Teacher

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This web site is a basic, non-mathematical introduction to relativity, built around the framework of Flash media files with narration and animations. Einstein Light explores concepts…

http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/

3. Einstein Light: Galilean Relativity and Newtonian Mechanics

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Byline:: J. Wolfe and G. Hatsidimitris
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This animated tutorial, part of the Einstein Light website, presents the concept of relativity from a situation inspired by Galileo (an inertial reference frame). It shows the motion…

http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/jw/module1_Galileo_and_Newton...

4. The Light Cone: an illuminating introduction to relativity

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Byline:: R. Salgado
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This web site contains a detailed introduction to relativity. It integrates text explanations of relativity concepts with diagrams and animations to clarify the material. It includes…

http://visualrelativity.com/LIGHTCONE/indexv.html

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