Uploaded January 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Here's a little primer on spacetime diagrams to finish off our journey through Einstein's relativity. We need to get back to other topics.
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Speed of Light - kyzer cube:
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How Local is Local? - whoeveriam0iam14222
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EXTRA INFO LINKS
General Spacetime Info:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacetime
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_%28relativity%29
Speed of Light "c"
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/SpeedOfLight/c.html
isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?61338
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weber_electrodynamics
Local vs Global:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_locality
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Here's a little primer on spacetime diagrams to finish off our journey through Einstein's relativity. We need to get back to other topics.
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VIDEO ANNOTATIONS
Relativity - The Complete Series:
youtu.be/a205YJsbBSQ
Comment Responses: Relativity Series
youtu.be/pY66Hg0wuCo
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SCIENCE ASYLUM STUFF
Support us on Patreon:
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LINKS TO COMMENTS
Speed of Light - kyzer cube:
youtube.com/watch?v=pY66Hg0wuCo&lc=z12wynex0lrhhbdhh04cgxdp4pmxtvloayg0k
How Local is Local? - whoeveriam0iam14222
youtube.com/watch?v=pY66Hg0wuCo&lc=z13fybjr5kzlsd4ja04cjnronsinfboar2o
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EXTRA INFO LINKS
General Spacetime Info:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacetime
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_%28relativity%29
Speed of Light "c"
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/SpeedOfLight/c.html
isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?61338
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weber_electrodynamics
Local vs Global:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_locality
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Logo designed by: Ben Sharef
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- or I made them myself...
Newborn Human:
catalog.archives.gov/id/552638
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