8.20 Introduction to Special Relativity, January (IAP) 2005
Albert Einstein. (Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.)
课程重点
This course features readings, assignments, and exams. This course is offered during the Independent Activities Period (IAP), which is a special 4-week term at MIT that runs from the first week of January until the end of the month.
课程描述
This course introduces the basic ideas and equations of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity. If you have hoped to understand the physics of Lorentz contraction, time dilation, the "twin paradox", and E=mc2, you're in the right place.
Acknowledgements
Prof. Knuteson wishes to acknowledge that this course was originally designed and taught by Prof. Robert Jaffe.
