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LOG#049. Ludicrous speed.

Posted on by August 1, 2020
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We are going to learn about the different notions of velocity that the special theory of relativity provides. The special theory of relativity is a simple wonderful theory, but it comes with many misconceptions due to bad teaching/science divulgation. It … Continue reading →

LOG#048. Thomas precession.

Posted on by August 30, 2019
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LORENTZ TRANSFORMATIONS IN NON-STANDARD FORM Let me begin this post with an uncommon representation of Lorentz transformations in terms of “uncommon matrices”. A Lorentz transformation can be written symbolically, as we have seen before, as the set of linear transformations … Continue reading →