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Relativity

Imagine this: You can fit a 10 m pole in a barn half the size. Your twin is now 10 years older than you, but you didn't use a time machine. And no matter how fast you run, you can never reach the speed of light. How can you explain these scenarios? In this 5-hour, two day seminar, we use thought experiments like these and other tools to explore Einstein's theory of special relativity. We introduce Einstein's two postulates and explore the counterintuitive effects of time dilation, length contraction, and relativity of simultaneity. The class concludes with a look at spacetime diagrams and several challenging paradoxes of relativity.

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Sep 28 - Sep 29 		4:00 - 7:00
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Sep 28 - Sep 29
4:00 - 7:00 PM Eastern
3:00 - 6:00 PM Central
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Ben S. $145
$145
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Sat & Sun
Dec 14 - Dec 15 		4:00 - 7:00
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Dec 14 - Dec 15
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Jon Joseph $145
$145
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There are no classes August 30 ‐ September 2, October 31, November 25 ‐ December 1, and December 21, 2024 ‐ January 3, 2025.

Topics

1 The Principle of Relativity
2 The Speed of Light and Time Dilation
3 Length Contraction and Simultaneity
4 Paradoxes

By any metric, the course is an overwhelming success. We were immensely lucky to have these incredibly passionate instructors teach this class. By having different presenters teach different topics, you all capture the beautiful diversity of chemistry and optimize the expertise with which it is revealed. When a student asks a question, we have a panel of world-class experts ready to contribute--and argue about--an explanation. This concordance of expertise is immensely powerful. The class topics are fresh, fascinating, and relevant. The peer group is phenomenal - ChemWOOT is like a reaction chamber of some of the most motivated chemistry students in the country. That's powerful. This class has been simply fantastic.