33-213 Mini-Course in Special Relativity

4 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This course spans the first six weeks of 33211, Physics III Modern Essentials. It treats the Mechanics aspects of Special Relativity, including topics such as simultaneity, the Lorentz transformation, time dilation, length contraction, spacetime geometry, resolving some famous puzzles, and the momentum, mass, and energy relations. The Electricity and Magnetism portions of the subject are deferred until the juniorsenior courses in EM 3333833339.

Prerequisites: 33-142 or 33-122 or 33-152

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