Mini-Course in Special Relativity

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This course spans the first six weeks of 33-211 , Physics III: Modern Essentials. It treats the Mechanics aspects of Special Relativity, including topics such as simultaneity, the Lorentz transformation, time dilation, length contraction, space-time geometry, resolving some famous puzzles, and the momentum, mass, and energy relations. The Electricity and Magnetism portions of the subject are deferred until the junior/senior courses in E and amp;M ( 33-338 / 33-339 ). Prerequisites: 33-132 or 33-107 or 33-112 or 33-142 or 33-152 or 33-122