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Originally Posted by Slavakion
Oh dear lord, my head asplode. What the hell is a Lorentz Transformation? From what I've gathered from Google, it measures time dilation/contraction. I won't see this until higher-level physics, right?
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Lorentz Transformation is not that hard to understand if you read the first 20 pages or so of Einstein's
Relativity: The Special and General Theory . I knew nothing of it, and yet I think I'm getting it now.
BTW, there is one thing that either I don't get or Einstein got it wrong. In
Chapter 9 of his book, Einstein says that When you are moving towards one flash of lightning and are right in between the two when they strike, you will see one of them faster, hence ruining the concept of simultanity. However, if the law of propagation of light is taken into account, the two beams of light from the lightningsshould reach you at the same time no matter how fast you are travelling in any direction, as long as you are right inbetween the two when they strike, since the distance between you and the lightning has to decrease at a constant rate c.
Also, I could not find a good site where they explain how they arrived at the law of propagation of light. Does anyone know anything helpfull.
Oh, and thanks for all of your suggestions.