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MIT 8.20 Introduction to Special Relativity, January IAP 2021

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1 1.1 Course Organization (8.20 Introduction to Special Relativity) 19:07 2021-11-08
2 1.2. Prof. Klute’s Research 13:22 2021-11-08
3 1.3 History of Special Relativity 10:46 2021-11-08
4 1.4 Guest Lecture: Space, Time, and Spacetime 1:13:41 2021-11-08
5 1.5 Categories of Physics 3:31 2021-11-08
6 2.1 Events 3:32 2021-11-08
7 2.2 Galilean Transformation 6:14 2021-11-08
8 3.1 Light 7:27 2021-11-08
9 3.2 Waves 8:51 2021-11-08
10 3.3 Michelson-Morley Experiment 5:38 2021-11-08
11 3.4 Stellar Aberration 3:54 2021-11-08
12 4.1 Time Dilation 13:38 2021-11-08
13 4.2 Muons 4:47 2021-11-08
14 4.3 Length Contraction 3:29 2021-11-08
15 4.4 Invariance 5:49 2021-11-08
16 4.5 Lorentz Transformation 6:54 2021-11-08
17 5.1 Voyager Program 3:36 2021-11-08
18 5.2 Velocity Addition 6:18 2021-11-08
19 5.3 Spacetime Diagrams 8:00 2021-11-08
20 5.4 Regions in Spacetime Diagrams 4:33 2021-11-08
21 5.5 Causality 5:37 2021-11-08
22 6.1 Pole-in-the-Barn Paradox 7:17 2021-11-08
23 6.2 Twin Paradox 6:08 2021-11-08
24 6.3 Spacecraft-on-a-Rope Paradox 4:35 2021-11-08
25 7.1 Introduction to the Doppler Effect 6:13 2021-11-08
26 7.2 Relativistic Doppler Effect 3:19 2021-11-08
27 7.3 Redshift 6:03 2021-11-08
28 7.4 Galaxy Travel 5:54 2021-11-08
29 8.1 Algebra of Lorentz transformations 5:07 2021-11-08
30 8.2 Introduction to 4-Vector Notation 5:45 2021-11-08
31 8.3 Proper Velocity 4:02 2021-11-08
32 9.1 Momentum Conservation 4:07 2021-11-08
33 9.2 Energy Conservation 3:43 2021-11-08
34 9.4 Forces and Kinetic Energy 6:46 2021-11-08
35 9.3 Collisions 7:09 2021-11-08
36 10.1 Tests of Special Relativity 6:33 2021-11-08
37 10.2 The Large Electron-Positron Collider 4:21 2021-11-08
38 10.3 Deuteron Production 3:17 2021-11-08
39 10.4 Absorption and Emission of Photons 5:15 2021-11-08
40 10.5 Decay of a Pion 3:01 2021-11-08
41 10.6 Creation of Particles 5:58 2021-11-08
42 10.7 Compton Effect 4:51 2021-11-08
43 10.8 Global Positioning System 4:55 2021-11-08
44 11.1 Charge and Current 6:36 2021-11-08
45 11.2 Electric and Magnetic Fields 4:30 2021-11-08
46 12.1 Equivalence Principle 1:58 2021-11-08
47 12.2 Time Dilation Effect on Earth 3:10 2021-11-08
48 12.3 Bending of Light 4:40 2021-11-08
49 12.4 Redshift Tests 2:41 2021-11-08
50 12.5 General Relativity 7:42 2021-11-08
51 12.6 Experimental Evidence 9:35 2021-11-08
52 13.2 Course Review 18:13 2021-11-08
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