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Location:
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SS Ballroom ABC |
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Date:
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Monday, Aug.1 |
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Time:
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2:00 PM -2:30 PM
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Author:
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Thomas Moore, Pomona College
909-621-6474, tmoore@pomona.edu
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Co-Author(s):
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None
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Abstract:
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In my experience, successfully teaching special relativity to introductory students is much easier if one extensively uses (1) the geometric analogy for spacetime, and (2) visual aids based on that analogy, including (but not limited to) multiple-observer spacetime diagrams. In this presentation, I will describe some of these visual aids and how such tools can help students reason more intuitively about relativity and thus avoid many common errors and misconceptions, and describe resources one can use in special relativity courses at any level.
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Footnotes:
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None
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