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B.SC (Part-1) : Topic-Special Theory of Relativity
B.SC (Part-1) : Topic-Special Theory of Relativity
Sc (Part-1)
By
Mukesh
Patna University
Albert Einstein was the director of Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin. He came
in 1935 to the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton.
Gifted with one of the most brilliant minds of our times, he contributed to many
fields of physics besides relativity.
The idea put forward by Einstein through special theory relativity changed our
concept about space and time.
For first time learners, they seem to go against their, everyday experience.
Time dilation
Length contraction
Mass variation
Experimental arrangements have been made to verify above consequences.
Other consequences also exist, the most important are, when it is extended to
cover accelerated systems as well as systems in uniform motion.
From this General Theory of Relativity predictions are made with regard to:-
In such problems we usually consider two frames, one fixed in the laboratory
and the other fixed on the moving system.
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