Visualization of the theory of relativity: online articles, pictures, movies and paper models by Ute Kraus and Corvin Zahn (Universität Hildesheim, Germany)
Relativity Visualized Relativity visualized Space Time Travel Next Prev Home search site map – Deutsch Articles Materials News Visualization of the theory of relativity. Online papers, images, movies and paper models by Ute Kraus and Corvin Zahn (Institut für Physik, Universität Hildesheim, Germany). This is an English version of the German site www.tempolimit-lichtgeschwindigkeit.de Relativity visualized The theory of relativity holds a certain fascination for many people. At the same time it is often regarded as very abstract and difficult to understand. Part of the difficulties in understanding relativity are due to the fact that relativistic effects contradict everyday experience. Motion, for example, is a familiar process and everybody "knows from experience" that it entails neither time dilation nor length contraction. A flight with half the speed of light could correct this misjudgement but is not on offer. A possible alternative are simulations. Images, films and virtual reality let us in a sense experience relativistic flights, gravitational collapse, compact objects and other extreme conditions. News More news in the news archive. Content Symbols: NEW: new article TM: article with teaching material Sector models - a toolkit for teaching general relativity Sector models - a toolkit for teaching general relativity: I. Curved spaces and spacetimes TM Sector models - a toolkit for teaching general relativity: II. Geodesics TM Sector models - a toolkit for teaching general relativity: III. Spacetime geodesics TM Teaching gravitational light deflection TM Visualization of special relativity Main article: Motion near the cosmic speed limit The Ball is Round Sights that Einstein could not yet see - visualization of relativistic effects Rolling Wheels Brightness and color of rapidly moving objects: The visual appearance of a large sphere revisited Main article: Through the city at nearly the speed of light Visual observations in high speed flight Accelerated motion Relativistic Flight through a Lattice Visualization of general relativity Main article: Destination Black Hole Step by Step into a Black Hole Flight through a Wormhole Light Deflection Near Neutron Stars The "Real" Einstein Ring Interactive Black Hole Röntgenpulsare Four-dimensional ray traycing in a curved spacetime Student lab on relativistic physics Animationen zur Relativitätstheorie TM Gravitational Waves: Models and Experiments on Waveforms, Effects and Detection TM Multi-focus contributions First-person visualizations of the special and general theory of relativity Materials Gallery – Free Images Film Index Sector Models – Cut-out Sheets Contact: Would you like to send us a message? Next Prev Home Authors: Ute Kraus, Corvin Zahn, Date: 2022-12-31 21:40:27 About Us. Datenschutz. All contents copyright (C) 2001-2022 Ute Kraus, Corvin Zahn. All rights reserved. For more information see Copyright.