The Lorentz Transformation
Program 142
This program was awarded the prestigious
Japan Prize
If the speed of light is to be the same for all
inertial observers, as indicated by the Michelson-Morley experiment, the
equations for time and space are not difficult to find. But what do they mean?
They mean that the length of a meter stick or the rate of ticking of a clock
depends on who measures it. Henri and Albert serve as your friendly tour
guides.