Download presentation
Presentation is loading. Please wait.
Published byAnastasia Merry Hampton Modified over 8 years ago
1
Special Relativity By Jackson Andrews
2
Introduction Special relativity is the theory of the relationship between space and time. It was originally proposed in 1905 by Albert Einstein. It is centered around two main postulates: The Principal of Relativity The Principal of Invariant Light Speed
4
principal of relativity
All the laws of nature are the same in all uniformly moving frames of reference. Moving at a constant velocity has the same effect as being completely still.
5
The Principal of Invariant light speed
In a vacuum, light will always travels at the same velocity.
6
Relativity of simultaneity
Two events, simultaneous for one observer, may not be simultaneous for another observer if the observers are in relative motion.
7
Time dilation Moving clocks are measured to tick more slowly than an observer's "stationary" clock.
8
Maximum speed is finite
No physical object, message or field line can travel faster than the speed of light in a vacuum.
9
Mass–energy equivalence
E = mc2, energy and mass are equivalent and transmutable. The mass of an object or system is a measure of its energy content.
10
Length contraction Objects are measured to be shortened in the direction that they are moving with respect to the observer.
Similar presentations
© 2024 SlidePlayer.com. Inc.
All rights reserved.