Real Time Relativity: Exploratory learning of special relativity

C. M. Savage; A. Searle; L. McCalman

doi:10.1119/1.2744048

Real Time Relativity: Exploratory learning of special relativity

C. M. Savage^*, A. Searle, L. McCalman

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"Real Time Relativity≤ is a computer program that lets users move at relativistic speeds through a simulated world populated with planets, clocks, and buildings. The counterintuitive and spectacular optical effects of relativity are prominent, while systematic exploration of the simulation allows the user to discover relativistic effects such as length contraction and the relativity of simultaneity. We report on the physics and technology underpinning the simulation, and our experience using it for teaching Special relativity to first year Students.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	791-798
Number of pages	8
Journal	American Journal of Physics
Volume	75
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2744048
Publication status	Published - Sept 2007

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