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Show HN: Einstein's Special Relativity – Time Dilation

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Re: Show HN: Einstein's Special Relativity – Time Dilation

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Post by jzila »

This is beautiful. It's the first time I've been able to understand special relativity in terms of geometry.

Your visualization makes it clear how everything from time dilation to length contraction can be derived from simply knowing the Pythagorean theorem and the constancy of c.

Re: Show HN: Einstein's Special Relativity – Time Dilation

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Post by mvclark »

jzila wrote: post #2

This is beautiful. It's the first time I've been able to understand special relativity in terms of geometry. Your visualization makes it clear how everything from time dilation to length contraction can be derived from simply knowing the Pythagorean theorem and the constancy of c.

Thanks very much. I really appreciate the feedback.
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