Astr 204 October 11, 2001 

Trains and high speeds

Twin paradox

Faster than light communication?

Is time travel possible?

Faster than light signals

Causal ordering postulate

Conversion factor

Proper distance

4-D projected onto 3-D and time

All objects are 4 dimensional

Let's take a trip

As seen from Earth

Space time view

At rest?

What about accelerated motion?

Relativity changes Newton's gravity

Perihelion shift of Mercury

Accelerated frame

Why are astronauts weightless?

The principle of equivalence

Thought Experiment 1

Thought Experiment 2

Gavitational Time dialation

Clocks

Tidal force

The closer the stronger

Things get pulled toward Earth's center

Why did Einstein fail?