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| + | * [[https://terrytao.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/relativistic1.pdf|Notes on Special Relativity for High-School Students]] by Field Medalist Terrence Tao | ||
| * [[https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0302045|Nothing but Relativity]] by Palash B. Pal | * [[https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0302045|Nothing but Relativity]] by Palash B. Pal | ||
| * [[http://www2.physics.umd.edu/~yakovenk/teaching/Lorentz.pdf|Derivation of the Lorentz Transformation]] by Yakovenko | * [[http://www2.physics.umd.edu/~yakovenk/teaching/Lorentz.pdf|Derivation of the Lorentz Transformation]] by Yakovenko | ||
| * [[http://aapt.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1119/1.11622|A simple method for illustrating the difference between the homogeneous and inhomogeneous Lorentz groups]] by Y. S. Kim | * [[http://aapt.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1119/1.11622|A simple method for illustrating the difference between the homogeneous and inhomogeneous Lorentz groups]] by Y. S. Kim | ||
| * [[http://aapt.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1119/1.11632|Representing arbitrary boosts for undergraduates]] by Charles P. Frahm | * [[http://aapt.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1119/1.11632|Representing arbitrary boosts for undergraduates]] by Charles P. Frahm | ||
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| + | **Distance in Space vs. Space-Time** | ||
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| + | The diagram below illustrates the difference between distance in Euclidean space (left) and "distance" (actually proper time) in space-time a la Einstein. For a more detailed explanation of this diagram see [[https://esackinger.wordpress.com/|Fun with Symmetry]]. | ||
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