A Spacetime Oddity: Time Dilation and Length Contraction for the Amateur Enthusiast

Zion Elani

Corpus ID: 215716154

A Spacetime Oddity: Time Dilation and Length Contraction for the Amateur Enthusiast

@article{Elani2020ASO,
  title={A Spacetime Oddity: Time Dilation and Length Contraction for the Amateur Enthusiast},
  author={Zion Elani},
  journal={viXra},
  year={2020}
}

Zion Elani
Published 2020
Computer Science
viXra

Special relativity is undoubtedly one of the pillars of modern physics where concepts such as time dilation and length contraction subtly play a role in various aspects of nature. Typically veiled under complex and difficult-to-fathom mathematical analysis, the path to understanding these phenomena can leave a novice student lost and confused. In this lecture notes, we attempt to explain and arrive at these concepts using physically intuitive methods and elementary mathematics without the use… Expand