scholarly journals On the Support that the Special and General Theories of Relativity Provide for Rock’s Argument Concerning Induced Self-Motion and Vice Versa

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas Michael Snyder
Keyword(s):  
Reference Frame ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Special Theory ◽  
The Other ◽  
Relativity Theory ◽  
Inertial Reference Frame ◽  
Theory Of Relativity ◽  
Special Theory Of Relativity ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Self Motion

Though Einstein and other physicists recognized the importance of an observer being at rest in an inertial reference frame for the special theory of relativity, the supporting psychological structures were not discussed much by physicists. On the other hand, Rock wrote of the factors involved in the perception of motion, including one’s own motion. Rock thus came to discuss issues of significance to relativity theory, apparently without any significant understanding of how his theory might be related to relativity theory. In this paper, connections between Rock’s theory on the perception of one’s own motion, as well as empirical work supporting it, and relativity theory are explored. Paper available at: https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9908025v1 .

scholarly journals Time in the Special Theory of Relativity

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Savitt
Keyword(s):  
Special Relativity ◽  
Reference Frame ◽  
Inertial Frame ◽  
Special Theory ◽  
Inertial Reference Frame ◽  
Theory Of Relativity ◽  
Special Theory Of Relativity ◽  
Crucial Element ◽  
Most Significant Change ◽  
Conventionality Of Simultaneity

Restricted to special relativity, this chapter observes that the most significant change in the concept of time is certainly the relativity of simultaneity. What events are simultaneous with some event for one observer are different from those that are simultaneous with respect to an object traveling in a different inertial frame. Many believe that this relativity can play a role in an argument for eternalism. This chapter critically surveys these arguments before taking on the implications of relativity for the metaphysics of time. It also tackles the conventionality of simultaneity. Many philosophers of science, especially during the early days of relativity, felt that simultaneity is not only relative but also conventional—there is a crucial element of choice in deciding what events are simultaneous for any other in a given inertial reference frame, so that there is no fact of the matter about what is simultaneous.

The Special Theory of Relativity

1980 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-166
Author(s):  
Hermann Bondi
Keyword(s):  
Special Theory ◽  
The Other ◽  
Theory Of Relativity ◽  
Special Theory Of Relativity ◽  
Great Pleasure ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Subject

It does indeed give me great pleasure to have been honoured by the request to give this lecture. And it is with a little trepidation that I have chosen my subject, the very title of which could frighten off many people, and I am very glad to see that your Institute consists of people made of sterner stuff. On the other hand, I did feel that the subject in question met the nature of this lecture. It was generally cultural and it relates to navigation. And so let me start on this subject which has a reputation for being difficult. And let me assure you that Einstein's work on relativity is not at all difficult. It is very simple. But it rests on the extremely difficult, abstract theories that we owe to Galileo and to Newton.

scholarly journals Cosmological Special Theory of Relativity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sangwha Yi
Keyword(s):  
Wave Equation ◽  
Electromagnetic Wave ◽  
Special Relativity ◽  
Maxwell Equations ◽  
Special Theory ◽  
Relativity Theory ◽  
Theory Of Relativity ◽  
Special Theory Of Relativity ◽  
And Function ◽  
Special Relativity Theory

In the Cosmological Special Relativity Theory, we study Maxwell equations, electromagnetic wave equation and function.

scholarly journals Derivations of Time Dilation using Two Different Lorentz-Type Transformations

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Robert J Buenker ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Special Theory ◽  
Time Dilation ◽  
Relativity Theory ◽  
Relativistic Velocity ◽  
Theory Of Relativity ◽  
Special Theory Of Relativity ◽  
Velocity Transformation ◽  
Length Contraction ◽  
Global Positioning ◽  
Self Consistent

The Lorentz transformation (LT) of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity (STR) leads to the prediction of time dilation and length contraction in moving rest frames. In addition, the relativistic velocity transformation (RVT) is derived from the LT by simply taking the ratios of its space and time coordinates, and this in turn guarantees satisfaction of Einstein's light-speed constancy postulate. The Global Positioning Transformation (GPS-LT) is similar to the LT but differs from it in a significant way, namely it does not lead to the space-time mixing characteristic of the LT. The way in which time dilation is derived from both transformations is compared and it is shown that only the GPS-LT is self-consistent with respect to this key prediction of relativity theory

scholarly journals Informal Teaching of Special Theory of Relativity

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jindřiška Svobodová ◽  
Jan Novotný ◽  
Jana Jurmanová
Keyword(s):  
Science Teachers ◽  
Special Theory ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Relativity Theory ◽  
Theory Of Relativity ◽  
Special Theory Of Relativity ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
Present Case Study ◽  
Prospective Science Teachers

In the present Case Study we explore the comprehension levels of relativity theory in prospective science teachers who take the introduction to physics lesson at the Faculty of Education. Special Theory of Relativity multimedia animation was used to illustrate basic relativistic consequences. The effect of it for learning was researched. In the research, a case study was used. Research data were obtained by interviews and using open-ended questions prepared by the researcher.

3. Relativity and its philosophy

2021 ◽  
pp. 42-72
Author(s):  
David Wallace
Keyword(s):  
General Theory ◽  
Special Theory ◽  
Relativity Theory ◽  
Theory Of Relativity ◽  
General Theory Of Relativity ◽  
Special Theory Of Relativity ◽  
Speed Of Light ◽  
Newtonian Physics ◽  
Time And Motion ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter discusses how relativity theory affects our ideas about space, time, and motion. The special theory of relativity does not introduce the idea that motion is relative: it combines that idea, already present in Newtonian physics, with the idea that the speed of light does not depend on the motion of the source. This combination has surprising consequences: that moving clocks run slow; that moving rods shrink. This is apparently in flat contradiction with the relativity principle. The resolution of this paradox looks very different depending on one’s view of what spacetime is: is it simply a codification of physics, or can it do explanatory work in its own right. Thus the paradox lets us get clearer on what is at stake in these questions about the nature of spacetime. Relativity also imperils the idea that simultaneity—the relationship between two events when they occur at the same time—is relative and/or conventional. The epilogue of the chapter briefly discusses the general theory of relativity.

Special theory of relativity and the Sagnac effect

1988 ◽  
Vol 156 (9) ◽  
pp. 137-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anatolii A. Logunov ◽  
Yu.V. Chugreev
Keyword(s):  
Special Theory ◽  
Sagnac Effect ◽  
Theory Of Relativity ◽  
Special Theory Of Relativity
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