Einstein

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Einsteins Theory of Relativity

• Dan Boyette, Max
• Miller, and Gabe Seed

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Special Theory of Relativity

• In 1905, Albert Einstein began his paper on
  relativity of motion, by stating that absolute
  motion does not exist (Absolute motion is the
  idea that one particular object can be used as a
  point of reference for everything else.)
• An example of this is if there is a fly flying at
  5 mph in a car traveling at 55 mph
• And there is an observer on the side of the road
  watching the fly.
• From the side of the road, the fly looks like its
  speed is 55 mph
• But a passenger in the car would see the flys
  speed at 5 mph
• Einsteins theory says both are right, since
  there is no one correct point of reference

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Now for the math

• The relative rate of motion between a light ray
  (ex the sun) and an observer (ex an Akiba
  Student), is always 300,000 km/sec, and will be
  the same even if two different observers see it
  in different places.
• Thus, the idea was revolutionary because physics
  had previously stated that either, one of two
  observers was at rest, or had made an error
• So Einstein proved that both viewpoints are
  correct, since no object is ever at rest.

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Emc2

• E (energy)m (mass) c (speed of light) 2