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Yale University

Introduction to Relativity - Lecture 1

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This introductory lecture develops the meaning and foundations of special relativity, covering Galilean transformations, Maxwell's theory, the postulates of relativity, length contraction, time dilation, and the Lorentz transformation.

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- Chapter 1. The Meaning of Relativity.
- Chapter 2. The Galilean Transformation and its Consequences.
- Chapter 3. The Medium of Light.
- Chapter 4. The Two Postulates of Relativity.
- Chapter 5. Length Contraction and Time Dilation.
- Chapter 6. Deriving the Lorentz Transformation.

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