From rickoneal25@hotmail.com Wed Jan 15 08:53:18 2003
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 02:24:07 +0000
From: Rick O'Neal <rickoneal25@hotmail.com>
To: wahl@hep.fsu.edu
Subject: relativity outline

Relativity
 
Basic Definition,
-special
-general
Prior Beliefs of Rest and Time
-Concept of ether
a.  Testing for it (visual aid-M.&M. experiment)
b.  Debunking of ether
c.  Implications
Special Relativity
Universal velocity of light (and other electromagnetic phenomenon)
-neither a wave or a particle
a.  Test that prove both concepts wrong
E=mc^2
-Implications
Time
a.  Experiments showing relativity of time(visual aid-twin paradox, etc.)
b.  Contractions of bodies at high speeds
c.  Slowing of time at high speeds
d.  Why it is not intuitive
General Relativity
Newton's view of gravity
a.  Why it is flawed
Concept of space-time
a.  How bodies move through it
b.  How it is observable (visual aid-eclipse)
 
Relativity's implications for the future
 
 

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