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Inquiring Minds Lecture Series: Illustrated Special Relativity Through its Paradoxes
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School of Physics & Center for Academic Enrichment Joint Public Talk: Dr. John de Pillis, University of California, Riverside
Using basic linear algebra as a natural language of special relativity, and assuming very little knowledge of physics, we present a novel linear-algebraic derivation of the Lorentz transformation. Through the geometry of Minkowski diagrams, we analyze properties and paradoxes of special relativity including the Twin paradox and the bug-rivet paradox.Dr. de Pillis is a renowned cartoonist and animator, and his new book entitled Illustrated Special Relativity Through its Paradoxes is a fusion of Linear Algebra, Graphics, and Reality.
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- Created by: Alison Morain
- Created: 03/25/2014
- Modified By: Fletcher Moore
- Modified: 10/07/2016
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