tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965489316032436298.post3684770902650534806..comments2013-09-30T05:45:34.709-04:00Comments on The Art and Science of Physics at Clark University: It's all RelativeDan C. Rillovickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16326616290600565383noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965489316032436298.post-48041821468050148572013-09-12T05:25:00.658-04:002013-09-12T05:25:00.658-04:00The most important part of SR is the relativity of...The most important part of SR is the relativity of Simultaneity - it led directly to GR (See Einstein's 1907 first ever paper on GR).<br /><br />Have you seen the illustration for "Relativistic Bug Capture" in the <a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Special_Relativity/Simultaneity,_time_dilation_and_length_contraction#Example:_Relativistic_Bug_Capture" rel="nofollow">Wikibook on Special Relativity</a>? This would certainly help to teach your students. The Andromeda paradox is also central.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com