LibGuides: Physics Overview: Relativity

Special Relativity

C-ship: Relativistic ray traced images
"C-ship helps you understand Einstein's theory of Special Relativity intuitively through the medium of computer-synthesised images."
Discovering the Relativity of Simultaneity: How did Einstein take "The Step"?
By John D. Norton, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh.
Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity
The Equivalence of Mass and Energy
By Francisco Fernflores. From Plato Website at Stanford University.
Relativistic Length Contraction
Space and Time: Inertial Frames
From Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Special Relativity Lecture Notes
By by Tatsu Takeuchi, Virginia Tech.

Videos to Watch & Lecture to Hear

"Time travel is a staple of science fiction stories, but is it actually possible? It turns out nature does allow a way of bending time, an exciting possibility suggested by Albert Einstein when he discovered special relativity over one hundred years ago. Colin Stuart imagines where (or, when) this fascinating phenomenon, time dilation, may one day take us." View the complete lesson at TED-Ed.

David Tong on Einstein's Theory of General Relativity A lecture exploring one of the 20th century’s ground breaking theories. On SoundCloud

Einstein and Relativity

8 Ways You Can See Einstein's Theory of Relativity in Real Life
by Jesse Emspak, Live Science, 2014.
A Century Ago, Einstein’s Theory of Relativity Changed Everything
By Dennis Overbyenov, The New York Times, November 24, 2015
Einstein's big idea
From PBS NOVA
Einstein's Revolution
From the Einstein Exhibition, The American Museum of Natural History.
Einstein and General Relativity
This Month in Physics History. APS Physics.
Einstein and relativity: Part I
2015 is a special year for physics. It is the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein's greatest achievement: the general theory of relativity.
Elementary Einstein
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Albert Einstein revolutionized the way scientists think about space and time. "Elementary Einstein" takes you on a tour of his surprising ideas and their coolest applications.
From Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, 2015
Relativity
From The National Science Foundation, World Year of Physics, 2005.
Select 1905: Relativity Link.
The Theory Behind the Equation
From PBS NOVA.
Time Traveller
From PBS NOVA.
Was Einstein wrong about space travel?
From NASA.