Instructor: Markus Klute View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/8-20IAP21 YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... The theory, originally proposed by Albert Einstein in his famous 1905 paper, has had profound consequences on our view of physics, space, and time. This course will introduce you to the concepts behind special relativity including, but not limited to, length contraction, time dilation, Lorentz transformation, relativistic kinematics, Doppler shifts, and even so called "paradoxes". License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at https://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at https://ocw.mit.edu Support OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQ We encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments.