{"id":5945,"date":"2017-10-06T21:44:04","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T20:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrsphysics.co.uk\/higher\/?p=997"},"modified":"2025-11-25T07:37:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T07:37:57","slug":"special-relativity-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrsphysics.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/10\/06\/special-relativity-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Relativity"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Resources for Special Relativity<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Here is a link to a fantastic little book that started me on my &#8220;very short introduction&#8221; library. It has been uploaded as a pdf file, but if you enjoy it give the author some credit and pay the guy (Russell Stannard) by buying it!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Relativity-A-Very-Short-Introduction.pdf\">Relativity-A-Very-Short-Introduction.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frames of Reference<\/h3>\n<p>You should all try to make your holiday videos so useful in showing Physics ideas! Who is in motion? Does it remain the same throughout the sequence?<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AKhvqO5UBsA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nThis is covered in the web-based research post but I&#8217;ve uploaded it here as an MP4 file.<\/p>\n\n<p>Just check this off against the content as it isn&#8217;t all covered at Higher (some is the AH and some isn&#8217;t covered at all).<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLDB15F7E29A5F0426\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Neil deGrasse Tyson with his inimitable style explains the Michelson-Morley experiment and shows that despite getting a rubbish result it doesn&#8217;t say your results are rubbish! This was big Science progress and it wasn&#8217;t explained until Einstein came along. It was the turning point that transformed Science.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Neil deGrasse Tyson explains the Michelson-Morley experiment excerpt from UNDAUNTED\" width=\"751\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7qJoRNseyLQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here are further explanations of the Michelson-Morley experiment and a hint of more of the course to come.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RGp3FZSi900\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ig5VyIozjW8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Evidence for Special Relativity<\/h3>\n<h3><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nxQ0kz_qWmc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/h3>\n<h3>Sixty symbols- Nottingham University<\/h3>\n<p>Sixty Symbols by Nottingham University are an amazing set of videos, although far more than sixty by now. Check out and keep watching.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jlJNsRZ4WxI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kGsbBw1I0Rg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h8GqaAp3cGs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;. and here at the end I have uploaded the worked answers (thanks to whoever wrote these excellent questions) so that you can check off your tutorials.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mrsphysics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ODU-worked-ANSWERS_5.doc\">ODU worked ANSWERS_5<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mrsphysics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Our-Universe-tutorial-solutions.docx\">Our Universe tutorial solutions<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e1515b0c027eaeaaa7232dae92981146?s=80\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-172\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mrsphysics.co.uk\/bge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Signature-300x54.png\" alt=\"Signature\" width=\"127\" height=\"23\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>updated October 2019<\/em><\/p>\n<hr style=\"line-height: 1.75;\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resources for Special Relativity Here is a link to a fantastic little book that started me on my &#8220;very short introduction&#8221; library. 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