{"285661":{"#nid":"285661","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Inquiring Minds Lecture Series: Illustrated Special Relativity Through its Paradoxes","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch6\u003ESchool of Physics \u0026amp; Center for Academic Enrichment Joint Public Talk:\u0026nbsp; Dr. John de Pillis, University of California, Riverside\u003C\/h6\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsing 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.\u0026nbsp; Through the geometry of Minkowski diagrams, we analyze properties and paradoxes of special relativity including the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twin_paradox\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ETwin paradox\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu\/hbase\/relativ\/bugrivet.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ebug-rivet paradox\u003C\/a\u003E.Dr. de Pillis is a renowned cartoonist and animator, and his new book entitled \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.maa.org\/publications\/ebooks\/illustrated-special-relativity-through-its-paradoxes\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EIllustrated Special Relativity Through its Paradoxes\u003C\/a\u003E is a fusion of Linear Algebra, Graphics, and Reality.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Inquiring Minds Lecture Series: Illustrated Special Relativity Through its Paradoxes"}],"uid":"27664","created_gmt":"2014-03-25 16:14:35","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:07:18","author":"Alison Morain","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2014-04-03T00:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2014-04-03T01:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2014-04-03T01:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2014-04-03 04:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2014-04-03 05:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2014-04-03 05:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:alison.morain@physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ealison.morain@physics.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}