Einstein’s Special Relativity

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What Will You Learn?

  • Physicist Brian Greene takes you on a visual, conceptual, and mathematical exploration of Einstein’s spectacular insights into space, time, and energy. In just 11.5 hours, using nothing more advanced than high school algebra, journey from Einstein’s earliest musings on the speed of light to his startling realization that time can tick at different rates to his revolutionary discovery of the world’s most famous formula, E = mc2.

Course Content

Module 1 : Scale
Scale

  • 1.1 Scale
    05:46
  • 1.2 Scale Question 1
    00:51
  • 1.3 Scale Question 2
    01:23
  • 1.4 Scale Question 3
    01:01
  • 1.5 Scale Question 4
    01:42
  • 1.6 Scale
    00:53

Module 2 : Speed
Speed

Module 3 : The Speed of Light
The Speed of Light

Module 4 : Units
Units

Module 5 : The Mathematics of Speed
The Mathematics of Speed

Module 6 : Relativity of Simultaneity
Relativity of Simultaneity

Module 7 : Pitfalls
Pitfalls

Module 8 : Calculating the Time Difference
Calculating the Time Difference

Module 9 : Time in Motion
Time in Motion

Module 10 : How Fast Does Time Slow?
How Fast Does Time Slow?

Module 11 : The Mathematics of Slow Time
The Mathematics of Slow Time

Module 12 : Time Dilation Examples
Time Dilation Examples

Module 13 : Time Dilation: Experimental Evidence
Time Dilation: Experimental Evidence

Module 14 : The Reality of Past, Present, and Future
The Reality of Past, Present, and Future

Module 15 : Time Dilation: Intuitive Explanation
Time Dilation: Intuitive Explanation

Module 16 : Motion’s Effect on Space
Motion’s Effect on Space

Module 17 : Motion’s Effect on Space: Mathematical Form
Motion’s Effect on Space: Mathematical Form

Module 18 : Travel to Proxima Centauri
Travel to Proxima Centauri

Module 19 : Coordinates for Space
Coordinates for Space

Module 20 : Coordinates for Time
Coordinates for Time

Module 21 : Coordinates in Motion
Coordinates in Motion

Module 22 : Clocks in Motion
Clocks in Motion

Module 23 : The Lorentz Transformation
The Lorentz Transformation

Module 24 : Combining Velocities
Combining Velocities

Module 25 : Spacetime Diagrams
Spacetime Diagrams

Module 26 : Lorentz Transformation: As an Exotic Rotation
Lorentz Transformation: As an Exotic Rotation

Module 27 : The Reality of Past, Present, and Future: Math Details
The Reality of Past, Present, and Future: Math Details

Module 28 : Invariants
Invariants

Module 29 : Cause and Effect: A Spacetime Invariant
Cause and Effect: A Spacetime Invariant

Module 30 : Intuition and Dilation
Intuition and Dilation

Module 31 : The Pole in the Barn
The Pole in the Barn

Module 32 : The Twin Paradox
The Twin Paradox

Module 33 : The Relativistic Doppler Effect
The Relativistic Doppler Effect

Module 34 : The Twins Communicate: Quantitative
The Twins Communicate: Quantitative

Module 35 : Implications for Mass: Intuitive Explanation
Implications for Mass: Intuitive Explanation

Module 36 : Force and Energy
Force and Energy

Module 37 : E=mc²
E=mc²

Module 38 : Special Relativity Course Recap
Special Relativity Course Recap

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