The Lorentz Transformation

Program 142

This program was awarded the prestigious Japan Prize


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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.