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We'll start thinking about time dilation in special relativity and how a Loedel diagram can help up appreciate symmetry between inertial frames.
Berea College. Introductory Physics: Berea College. 24: The Theory of Special Relativity. 24.3: Time Dilation. Page ID.
But you won't find it in modern physics textbooks. One comment from a classic work on relativity is "Ouch! The concept of 'relativistic mass' is subject to misunderstanding. That's why we don't use it. First, it applies the name mass - belonging to the magnitude of a 4- vector - to a very different concept, the time component of a 4-vector.
In physics, the special theory of relativity, or special relativity for short, is a scientific theory of the relationship between space and time. In Albert Einstein 's 1905 treatment, the theory is presented as being based on just two postulates : [p 1] [1] [2]
1: The Special Theory of Relativity - Kinematics. 1.1: Time Dilation. Expand/collapse global location. 1.1: Time Dilation. Page ID. Paul D'Alessandris. Monroe Community College. Einstein developed much of his understanding of relativity through the use of gedanken, or thought, experiments.
Lecture 4.1: Time Dilation. Description: Time is suspect. We analyze the consequences of Einstein’s postulate and find time dilation. (13:38) Instructor: Prof. Markus Klute. MIT OpenCourseWare is a web based publication of virtually all MIT course content.
This course will introduce you to the concepts behind special relativity including, but not limited to, length contraction, time dilation, the Lorentz transformation, relativistic kinematics, Doppler shifts, and even so-called “paradoxes.”
