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9.2 Space


The Earth's Gravitational Field

Solar System and Gravity

Rocketry and Orbital Motion

Special Relativity and the Understanding of Space and Time

Introduction

The History of Physics in the New HSC Physics Syllabus, by Lawrence Cram. Paper given to the 9th Biennial Science Teachers' Workshop, "The New Physics HSC Syllabus", mounted by the School of Physics, University of Sydney, June 15-16, 2000.

9.2 SPACE - course notes from Bob Emery, St Pius College, Adamstown , NSW
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~emeryrg/9_2_space.htm

Space - from NSW HSC Online
http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/physics/core/space/

9.2 Space - from HSC Physics, UNSW
http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/hsc/space.html

Physics, Spaceflight and the Earth's Magnetism - from David G. Stern, Emeritus, Goddard Space Center
http://www.phy6.org/

The Earth's Gravitational Field

ISTE NETS : Preparing Teachers to Use Technology: Gravity - unit on gravity, from Curtin University of Technology
http://cnets.iste.org/teachers/pf/pf_gravity.html

Newton's Laws - a tutorial, from The Physics Classroom
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/newtlaws/newtltoc.html

Multimedia Tutorials on Newton's laws - from The Physics Classroom
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/newtlaws/newtlawsTOC.html

Classroom materials - from Goddard Space Science Center, includes Newton's Laws of Motion and Gravity, stimulus material, teaching ideas and notes
http://swift.sonoma.edu/education/

Gravitational Potential Energy - lessons from The Physics Classroom
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/energy/u5l1b.html

Recognizing Forces - an online activity, from The Physics Classroom
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/morehelp/recforce/recforce.html

Episode 404: Gravitational potential energy and potential - with a spreadsheet activity from Institute of Physics
http://teachingphysics.iop.org/teacher_support/tap/fields/tap404.html

GRACE -- Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment - from NASA
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/scitech/display.cfm?ST_ID=186

Physics 105 - How Things Work - Fall, 1995 - interesting discussions of Work and energy, from University of Virginia
http://rabi.phys.virginia.edu/105/1995/problem_set_1_answers.htm

Gravitational Force: An Internet Based Lessson Plan - from Georgia State University
http://www.gsu.edu/~mstjrh/gravity.html

Standard Planetary Information, Formulae and Constants - Information about the acceleration due to gravity on other planets, from Planetary Atmospheres Node, NASA
http://atmos.nmsu.edu/jsdap/encyclopediawork.html

The Major Planets: Properties of the 8 major planets (and Pluto) - from Krysstal
http://www.krysstal.com/solarsys_planets.html

Student Investigations and Experiments

Grasping Gravity - an investigation, from Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
http://edmall.gsfc.nasa.gov/inv99Project.Site/Pages/gravity.abstract.html

Lab Investigation on Gravity - tutorial in pdf, from Curtin University of Technology
http://www.earth.uni.edu/~morgan/ajjar/documentation/gravity.pdf

Launch a frisbee into orbit - from The Technology Teacher, April 2003
http://teachspacescience.org/graphics/pdf/10000916.pdf

How does gravity assist work with interplanetary satellites? - from How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/question102.htm

Rocketry and Orbital Motion
Projectile motion

Space/Math - Constants and Equations for Calculations - a Space FAQ page from Usenet
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/space/math/

Orbital Mechanics - from Rocket and Space Technology
http://www.braeunig.us/space/orbmech.htm

Selections from Dialogue Concerning Two New Sciences - translation of Galileo's Ideas - from University of Virginia
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/classes/109N/tns.htm

The galileo Project: Science - from Rice University
http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/Things/on_motion.html

Projectile Motion Applet - allows students to vary data and see results in graphical form, from University of Virginia
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/classes/109N/more_stuff/Applets/ProjectileMotion/jarapplet.html

Quicktime Movies - from Physics Net, Western Washington University
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~vawter/PhysicsNet/QTMovies/QT-Mech-Main.html

Mechanics Interactive Physics Simulations - from Physics Net, Western Washington University
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~vawter/PhysicsNet/IPDemos/SimsMain.html

Mechanics Example Problems - from Physics Net, Western Washington University
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~vawter/PhysicsNet/Topics/ProblemsLists/ProblemsMain.html

Using Spreadsheets for Projectile Motion - detailed Instructions for working with a spreadsheet, University of Virginia
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/classes/581/ProjectilesExcel.html

Teaching Dynamics with Excel97 - provides a detailed treatment of projectile motion using spreadsheets and includes downloadable templates, from University of Virginia
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/classes/581/

Planet Impact - is a series of learning modules inspired by the crash of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 on Jupiter, students investigate how the gravitational force of a large body, such as Jupiter, affects the path of a smaller body, such as a comet, from Space Telescope Science Institute
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/impact/teacher/overview.shtml

Escape velocity

Escape velocity - two graphing exercises in .pdf from NASA
http://media.nasaexplores.com/lessons/01-049/9-12_1.pdf

Newton's Mountain - applet from University of Virginia
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/classes/109N/more_stuff/Applets/newt/applet.html

Back to the Moon Mission - an online activity from NASA. Browse down to Moon Math for discussion of Escape Velocity from the Moon
http://aerospacescholars.jsc.nasa.gov/HAS/cirr/em/6/mission.cfm

Inertial forces during launch

Launch a "Rocket" from a Spinning "Planet" - from ScienceLinks, NASA
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/ds1_mgr.shtml

Rocket launch - from Science Netlinks, NASA
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?DocID=145

Why Is That Rocket Engine Inside Out lesson from NASA in pdf
http://media.nasaexplores.com/lessons/01-001/9-12_3.pdf

Later Deceleration Studies on the High-Speed Track - from History of Research in Space Biology and Biodynamics, NASA
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/afspbio/part5-3.htm

The dynamics of rocketry

Rocketry - lessons from NASA
http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Education/SpaceSettlement/teacher/lessons/contributed/thomas/rocket/rocket.html

Momentum - from Science Clarified, see paragraph 'Applications'
http://www.scienceclarified.com/Ma-Mu/Momentum.html

Rocketry - from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket

Welcome to the Beginner's Guide to Rockets - from NASA
http://exploration.grc.nasa.gov/education/rocket/bgmr.html

30th anniversary of Apollo 11 : 1969 - 1999 - from Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo_11_30th.html

Encyclopedia Astronautica
http://www.astronautix.com/

Rocket Principles - teachers' resources, from NASA
http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/Other_Groups/K-12/TRC/Rockets/rocket_principles.html.

Circular orbital motion around the Earth

Planetary Orbit - from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbit

Earth Orbits - from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbit#Earth_orbits

More general motion of satellites

Kepler's laws - lesson notes from Central Valley Christian High School
http://home.cvc.org/science/kepler.htm

Orbital Motion and Kepler's laws - from School for Champions
http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/orbit.htm

Johannes Kepler: The Laws of Planetary Motion - from University of Tennessee
http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/kepler.html

Kepler Motion - virtual lab (applet) from Univeristy of Hawaii
http://www.phys.hawaii.edu/~teb/java/ntnujava/Kepler/Kepler.html

Problems with reentry

Atmospheric reentry - from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_reentry

Spacecraft Reentry - from Aerospace Corporation
http://www.aero.org/capabilities/cords/reentry-overview.html

Satellite Re-entry - from Visual Satellite Observer's Home Page
http://www.satobs.org/re-entry.html

Visual Satellite Observer's Home Page - site for amateur observers of satellites
http://www.satobs.org/satintro.html

A Moon for a Man - easy-to-read article is from a history of one of the NASA projects
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4201/ch3-4.htm

A Report on an Artificial Earth Satellite - an historically interesting report which discusses re-entry angle written by the Russian Scientific Research Institute in 1954 at the very start of their space program
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/sputnik/russ1.html.

Student investigations and experiments

Java Applets on Physics - see Mechanics section, from Walter Fendt's
http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/
or
http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph11e/

Orbit - applet enables you to put your own satellite into orbit around Earth, from Lecture Online at Michigan State University
http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp/kap7/orbiter/orbit.htm

The Orbit Applet - from Queens University
http://www.astro.queensu.ca/~musgrave/cforce/OrbitApplet.html

PIMS Mission Summary Reports - reports include actual acceleration data measured in space flights, from NASA
http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/MMAP/PIMS/HTMLS/reportlist.html

Jesper's g-meter - home made g-meter used to measure car accleration
http://www.myplace.nu/avr/accelr8/

G-Meter - description from NASA
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/reference/shutref/orbiter/avionics/dds/gmeter.html

DE-ACCM5G Application Note: G Meter - instructions for construction of a g-meter designed to be mounted on a car, from Dimension engineering
http://www.dimensionengineering.com/appnotes/Gmeter/Gmeter.htm

Uniform Circular Motion

CIRCULAR MOTION - from PSIgate, a UK page for A level students with many useful links
http://www.psigate.ac.uk/education/fe/circular_motion.html

Centripetal Force - from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centripetal_force

How Satellites Work - from How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/satellite.htm

Orbital Decay of Satellites

What is Low Earth Orbit? - from tech-FAQ
http://www.tech-faq.com/low-earth-orbit.shtml

Low Earth orbit - from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Earth_orbit

Low Earth orbit - from Answers.com
http://www.answers.com/topic/low-earth-orbit

Satellite Orbital Decay Calculations - 10 page pdf from Department of Industry Tourism and Resources, Australia
http://www.ips.gov.au/Category/Educational/Space%20Weather/Space%20Weather%20Effects/SatelliteOrbitalDecayCalculations.pdf

Why do satelites eventually come down? - from MadSci Network
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/jul99/930941125.Ph.r.html

Historical Figures in rocket science - Tsiolkovsky, Oberth, Goddard, Esnault-Pelterie, O'Neill or von Braun

History of Rocketry - from Spaceline, has separate chapters on Tsiolkovsky, Goddard, Oberth and von Braun
http://spaceline.org/rockethistory.html

The life of Konstantin Eduardovitch Tsiolkovsky - from Informatics
http://www.informatics.org/museum/tsiol.html

Early History: Nuclear Thermal Propulsion - from Federation of American Scientists, with information about Esnault-Pelterie
http://www.fas.org/nuke/space/c02early.htm

Life of Gerard K. O'Neill - from Space Studies Institute
http://ssi.org/?page_id=11

Science fiction ideas

The rigours associated with rocket launching, as well as historical aspects of the space race, are accurately conveyed in the movies:
The Right Stuff (1983)
and
Apollo 13 (1996).

Practical details associated with space stations appear in many sf movies - for example:
2001, A Space Odyssey (1968)
and
Outland (1981)

The idea that there are more efficient ways of raising people and payloads into space other than rockets, namely a giant "elevator" constructed between the surface of the planet and a geo-stationary satellite is explored in:
The Fountains of Paradise (1979) by Arthur C. Clarke, Review
and
Green Mars (1993) by Kim Stanley Robinson.

Astronauts

How to Become an Astronaut - from NASA
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/outreach/jobsinfo/astronaut.html

How to Become an Astronaut - from Space Frequently Asked Question site
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/space/astronaut/

Selection and Training of Astronauts - from NASA
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/astronauts/training.html

Basics of Space Flight - Online textbook from NASA - in particular Chapter 14
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/basics/bsf-toc.htm

VIDEO: Liftoff to Learning: Space Basics - from NASA (requires Real Player)
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/space/teachers/liftoff/basics.html

Shuttle Online Press Kit
http://www.shuttlepresskit.com/index.html

Human Spaceflight - from NASA
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/sitemap/

Rocket and Space Technology - topics include Basics of Space Flight, Space Hardware, Space Centers, Space Missions and Space and Rocketry terms
http://www.braeunig.us/space/

Mission Events Summary - from NASA
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/

Space Science Hotlist - from The Franklin Institute Online
http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/space.html

The Future

How Space Elevators Will Work
http://www.howstuffworks.com/space-elevator.htm


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The Solar System and Gravity

The Nine Planets - Multimedia Tour of the Solar System by Bill Arnett
http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html

A Scale Model of the Solar System - an Applet, from Bob Jenkins
http://burtleburtle.net/bob/physics/solar.html

Another Solar Sytem Applet - from UCLA
http://www.french.ucla.edu/faculty/gans/java/SolarApplet.html

Sir Isaac Newton: The Universal Law of Gravitation

Sir Isaac Newton: The Universal Law of Gravitation - from University of Tennessee
http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/newtongrav.html

Newton's law of gravitation - from University of Winnipeg
http://theory.uwinnipeg.ca/physics/circ/node7.html

Newton's Law of Gravity - from About.com
http://physics.about.com/od/classicalmechanics/a/gravity_p.htm

Gravitation & Circular Motion - from skool.ie web site in Ireland Summary Notes
http://www.skoool.ie/skoool/examcentre_sc.asp?id=790

Educator's Guide to The Inverse Square Law - from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/edu/invsquar.htm

HSC Online - from HSC Online, Charles Sturt University, includes sample problems
http://hsc.csu.edu.au/physics/core/space/9_2_3/923net.html

Canadian Spatial Reference System: Gravity - Factors Affecting The Gravity Field - from Natural Resources, Canada
http://www.geod.nrcan.gc.ca/geodesy/gravity/gravity04_e.php

10 Gravity - from Newtonian Physics by Benjamin Crowell online physics textbook
http://www.faqs.org/docs/Newtonian/Newtonian_185.htm

COLLEGE PHYSICS SYVUMBOOK: Table of Contents
http://www.syvum.com/physics/physicsc.html

Notes using calculus - from Whole Earth geophysics, University of California
http://mahi.ucsd.edu/johnson/ES130/Class8-MyNotes.pdf

Sample calculation - from Salt Lake Community College
http://www.slcc.edu/schools/hum_sci/physics/tutor/2210/gravitational_field/index.html

Gravitational Slingshot

Gravitational Slingshot - from MathPages
http://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath114.htm

Animation of Slingshot effect - an explanation, from European Space Agency
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMXLE0P4HD_index_0.html

The Slingshot effect - from University of Durham
http://www.dur.ac.uk/bob.johnson/SL/

Slingshot Effect - Flashlet from University of Virginia
http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlets/Slingshot.htm


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Special Relativity and the Understanding of Space and Time


EinsteinLight - 2005 web site from UNSW for The International Year of Physics, includes modules on relativity and constant c, scroll down for a series of excellent internet links
http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/

Spacetime 101 - from Caltech, background covering how mathematical models of space and time have evolved since ancient times, from the Pythagorean Rule to Newtonian mechanics, Special Relativity and General Relativity
http://www.theory.caltech.edu/people/patricia/st101.html

Galileo's Principle of Relativity

Galileo's Spacetime: Introducing the Principle of Relativity - from Syracuse University http://www.phy.syr.edu/courses/modules/LIGHTCONE/galilean.html

Galileo's funnel cart demonstration - Quicktime Movie, from University of Maryland PURPOSE: To demonstrate the independence of velocity components in a dramatic way. Just click on the Image
http://www.physics.umd.edu/lecdem/services/demos/demosc2/c2-25.htm
Alternative movie
http://www.physics.umd.edu/lecdem/services/demos/demosc2/c2-25a.mpg

The Speed of Light - brief notes from University of British Columbia
http://musr.physics.ubc.ca/~jess/hr/skept/STR/node4.html

The Aether Model

Newton's Aether model - from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton's_aether_model

Luminiferous aether - from Wikipedia, includes a timeline
http://www.guajara.com/wiki/en/wikipedia/l/lu/luminiferous_aether.html

9.2 Space: 4. Current and emerging understanding about time and space - from HSC Online, Charles Sturt University
http://hsc.csu.edu.au/physics/core/space/9_2_4/924net.html

Michelson-Morley Experiment

Michelson-Morley Experiment - from Science World Web Site, this entry contributed by Leonardo Motta
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/Michelson-MorleyExperiment.html

The Michelson-Morley Experiment - from Michael Fowler at the University of Virginia
http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/lectures/michelson.html

The Michelson-Morley Experiment - notes in pdf from Modern Physics textbook (W.H. Freeman)
http://www.whfreeman.com/MODPHYSICS/PDF/1-1c.PDF#search='MichelsonMorley%20Experiment'

Michelson-Morley Experiment - diagram of the experiment and Data for the M-M experiment, from Hyperphysics, Georgia State University
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/relativ/morley.html

Michelson Interferometer - from Hyperphysics, Georgia State University
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/phyopt/michel.html#c1

Flashlet Simulation of the Experiment - from University of Virginia
http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlets/mmexpt6.htm

Inertial frames of reference

Modern Physics Problems - Applets from from Modern physics Explorer
http://webphysics.davidson.edu/physletprob/ch10_modern/default.html

Space and Time: Inertial Frames - from Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spacetime-iframes/

Inertial Reference Frames - from Upscale at University of Toronto
http://www.upscale.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Harrison/Inertial/Inertial.html

Inertial frames - from EinsteinLight at University of New South Wales, good animation
http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/jw/module1_Inertial.htm#IR

Simulation: Clocks and the Postulates of Special Relativity - from University of California Los Angeles
http://ephysics.physics.ucla.edu/ntnujava/relativity/epostulates_clocks.htm

Special Relativity

Teaching Special Relativity Using Physlets - web-baswed material described in a paper in The Physics Teacher, from Davidson College
http://webphysics.davidson.edu/physlet%5Fresources/special_relativity/default.html

History of mathematical physics - from St Andrews University
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/HistTopics/Special_relativity.html

Foundations - a non-mathematical introduction as a series of online articles from by Greg Egan
http://gregegan.customer.netspace.net.au/FOUNDATIONS/index.html

Relativity - from US National Science Foundation
http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/wyop/index.jsp

Understanding Special Relativity - article from Rafi Moore
http://www.polarhome.com:763/~rafimoor/english/SRE.htm

Special Relativity - from Stanford University
http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/vvc/theory/relativity.html

MAGIC through two MILLENNIA - from the University of Toronto
http://www.upscale.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Key/relspec.htm

Simulation: Clocks and the Postulates of Special Relativity - from UCLA, instructions are below the diagram
http://ephysics.physics.ucla.edu/ntnujava/relativity/epostulates_clocks.htm

Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity - from The Physics Classroom website
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/specrel/specrelTOC.html

Length Standards

What is Universal Time? - from US Naval Observatory
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/UT.html

Length — Evolution from Measurement Standard to a Fundamental Constant - from Howard P. Layer at National Institute for Standards and Technology, USA
http://www.mel.nist.gov/div821/museum/length.htm

Time Line for the Definition of the Meter - from William B. Penzes at National Institute for Standards and Technology, USA
http://www.mel.nist.gov/div821/museum/timeline.htm

Consequences of Special Relativity

Relativity of simultaneity

Simulaneity Video - from National Science Foundation, select 1905: Relativity Link, then click on Simultaneity in Multimedia frame
http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/wyop/index.jsp

IX. The Relativity of Simultaneity - Einstein's origional paper
http://www.bartleby.com/173/9.html

Discovering the Relativity of Simultaneity: How did Einstein take "The Step"? - from the University of Pittsburgh
http://www.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/Goodies/rel_of_sim/index.html
or with animated figures
http://www.pitt.edu/AFShome/j/d/jdnorton/public/html/goodies/

The equivalence between mass and energy

The Equivalence of Mass and Energy - from Plato Website at Stanford University
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/equivME/

About Mass Energy Equivalence - from Upscale at University of Toronto
http://www.upscale.utoronto.ca/PVB/Harrison/SpecRel/MassEnergy.html

E = mc2 - Information found by answers.com. Scroll down past the advertisement for the Wikipedia information
http://www.answers.com/topic/e-mc2#after_ad1

This month in Physics History: April - from APS News
http://www.aps.org/apsnews/0405/040512.cfm

Einstein's Big Idea - from NOVA
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein/

Length contraction

Relativistic Length Contraction
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/specrel/lc.html

Length Contraction - from Michigan State University, includes worked examples
http://www.pa.msu.edu/courses/2000spring/PHY232/lectures/relativity/contraction.html

Time dilation

Time Dilation Video- from National Science Foundation. Select 1905: Relativity Link then click on Time Dilation in Multimedia frame
http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/wyop/index.jsp

Time Dliation Activity - from The Physics Classroom
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/shwave/tdilate.html

Lesson 2: Time Dilation - from The Physics Classroom
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/relativity/U7l2a.html

Mass dilation

Mass in special relativity - from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_dilation

Does mass change with velocity? - from Usenet physics FAQ
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/SR/mass.html

Relativistic Mass - from Hyperphysics, Georgia State University, Enter a decimal less than 1 in the box to get an instant calculation
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/relativ/tdil.html#c3

Mass dilation FAQ - from The University of New South Wales
http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/FAQ.html#dilation

Implications for Space Travel

A Trip through the Universe at the Speed of Light - Gene Smith's Astronomy Tutorial, from University of california at San Diego
http://cassfos02.ucsd.edu/public/tutorial/Intro.html

Was Einstein Wrong about Space Travel? - from NASA
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/22mar_telomeres.htm

Time traveller - from NOVA: Einstein's Big Idea
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein/hotsciencetwin/index.html

Through the City at the Speed of light - Computer Simulation of the Relativistic Bike Ride
http://www.spacetimetravel.org/tuebingen/tue0.html

C-ship: Relativistic ray traced images
http://www.fourmilab.ch/cship/

Seeing Relativity - from Australian National University
http://www.anu.edu.au/physics/Searle/


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