1. Introduction to Special Relativity
Chapter 1
Introduction to Special Relativity
Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955)
PhD – University of Zürich (1905)
Nobel Prize in Physics (1921)
Photoelectric effect (1905)
Special theory of relativity (1905)
General theory of relativity (1907–1915)
Bose-Einstein statistics (1924)
Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) paradox (1935)

5. First postulate (Principle of Relativity):
The laws of physics are the same in all inertial frames of reference.
Second Postulate (Constancy of the speed of light):
The speed of light in vacuum has the same value
in all inertial frames of reference.

7. Simultaneity is relative