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MIT 8.20 Introduction to Special Relativity, January IAP 2021

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1.1 Course Organization (8.20 Introduction to Special Relativity)
19:07
1.2. Prof. Klute’s Research
13:22
1.3 History of Special Relativity
10:46
1.4 Guest Lecture: Space, Time, and Spacetime  
1:13:41
1.5 Categories of Physics
3:31
2.1 Events
3:32
2.2 Galilean Transformation
6:14
3.1 Light
7:27
3.2 Waves
8:51
3.3 Michelson-Morley Experiment
5:38
3.4 Stellar Aberration
3:54
4.1 Time Dilation
13:38
4.2 Muons
4:47
4.3 Length Contraction
3:29
4.4 Invariance
5:49
4.5 Lorentz Transformation
6:54
5.1 Voyager Program
3:36
5.2 Velocity Addition
6:18
5.3 Spacetime Diagrams
8:00
5.4 Regions in Spacetime Diagrams
4:33
5.5 Causality
5:37
6.1 Pole-in-the-Barn Paradox
7:17
6.2 Twin Paradox
6:08
6.3 Spacecraft-on-a-Rope Paradox
4:35
7.1 Introduction to the Doppler Effect
6:13
7.2 Relativistic Doppler Effect
3:19
7.3 Redshift
6:03
7.4 Galaxy Travel
5:54
8.1 Algebra of Lorentz transformations
5:07
8.2 Introduction to 4-Vector Notation
5:45
8.3 Proper Velocity
4:02
9.1 Momentum Conservation
4:07
9.2 Energy Conservation
3:43
9.4 Forces and Kinetic Energy
6:46
9.3 Collisions
7:09
10.1 Tests of Special Relativity
6:33
10.2 The Large Electron-Positron Collider
4:21
10.3 Deuteron Production
3:17
10.4 Absorption and Emission of Photons
5:15
10.5 Decay of a Pion
3:01
10.6 Creation of Particles
5:58
10.7 Compton Effect
4:51
10.8 Global Positioning System
4:55
11.1 Charge and Current
6:36
11.2 Electric and Magnetic Fields
4:30
12.1 Equivalence Principle
1:58
12.2 Time Dilation Effect on Earth
3:10
12.3 Bending of Light
4:40
12.4 Redshift Tests
2:41
12.5 General Relativity
7:42
12.6 Experimental Evidence 
9:35
13.2 Course Review 
18:13