What’s Special About Relativity?

Synopsis

Explains in simple terms the following: how physicists make measurements of position and distance using the three-dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system to create a reference frame for measurement; 2) the ideas of inertia and the principle of relativity, that the laws of physics are true in all inertial reference frames; 3) the velocity of light is constant for all observers and is not affected by how fast the observer is traveling or by the law of addition of velocities of classical mechanics; 4)the concepts of relativity and simultaneity and space-time; 5) Lorentz’s theory of length of contraction and its effects on the measurements of moving objects, and the principle of time dilation; 6) the equation E = mc2 , suggesting how mass is a concentrated form of energy.

Language

English

Country

Canada

Year of release

2004

Year of production

2003

Uses

A-level students

Subjects

Physics

Keywords

Einstein, Albert; relativity theory; velocity

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 0 PAL

Price

£39.00

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

32 minutes

Year

2014

Production Company

Name

Video Education Australasia c/o ClickView

Email

info@clickview.com.au

Web

http://www.vea.com.au/ External site opens in new window

Address

Suite 125, Jones Bay Wharf
26-32 Pirrama Road
Pyrmont
NSW 2009
Australia

Notes

UK agents: Boulton Hawker. VEA owned by ClickView.

Distributor

Name

Boulton-Hawker Films Ltd

Email

sales@boultonhawker.co.uk

Web

http://www.boultonhawker.co.uk/ External site opens in new window

Phone

01449 616 200

Fax

01449 677 600

Address

Combs Tannery
Stowmarket
Suffolk
IP14 2EN

Notes

Distributor of over 400 DVDs and videos for use in teaching at GCSE level and above. Particularly strong in science-based subjects which the company used to produce themselves, but now sources from the USA, Canada and Australasia. Titles cover the subject areas of biology, business studies, careers, chemistry, child development & the family, citizenship, design & technology/food technology, English, geography/ecology, home economics, ICT, maths, media studies, PE/sport studies, physics and PSHE. Sale with free preview.