Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 8.2 (January (IAP) 2005) 
• Course Title:
• Introduction to Special Relativity 
• Course Level:
• Undergraduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Physics 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Bruce Knuteson 
• Course Introduction:
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  8.20 Introduction to Special Relativity
  
  
  
  

  January (IAP) 2005

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features readings, assignments, and exams. This course is offered during the Independent Activities Period (IAP), which is a special 4-week term at MIT that runs from the first week of January until the end of the month.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course introduces the basic ideas and equations of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity. If you have hoped to understand the physics of Lorentz contraction, time dilation, the "twin paradox", and E=mc², you're in the right place.
  
  
  

  Acknowledgements

  
  
  

  Prof. Knuteson wishes to acknowledge that this course was originally designed and taught by Prof. Robert Jaffe.