Category Archives: Unit 4

Fermilab: Relativity series with Dr Don Lincoln

Posted on June 6, 2018 by VCE Physics

What is relativity all about? Relativistic velocity: When 1 + 1 = 1 Why can’t you go faster than light? Relativity: how people get time dilation wrong Relativity’s key concept: Lorentz gamma Einstein’s clocks Twin paradox: the real explanation Length … Continue reading →

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Breakthrough Junior Challenge: Some Cool Ways of Looking at the Special Theory of Relativity

Posted on June 6, 2018 by VCE Physics
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Frame of Essence – The light that will light the way

Posted on June 3, 2018 by VCE Physics

Are you really standing still? The Michelson-Morley Experiment Time dilation The Cosmic Speed Limit Mass-Energy Equivalence – E=mc²

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Neil deGrasse Tyson explains the Michelson-Morley experiment

Posted on June 3, 2018 by VCE Physics
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Minute Physics – Relativity

Posted on May 31, 2018 by VCE Physics
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Professor Dave explains Special Relativity

Posted on January 15, 2018 by VCE Physics

Special Relativity Part 1: From Galileo to Einstein Special Relativity Part 2: Time Dilation and the Twin Paradox Special Relativity Part 3: Length Contraction Special Relativity Part 4: Mass-Energy Equivalence or E = mc² General Relativity: The Curvature of Spacetime

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Physics Girl – Special Relativity and the Twin Paradox

Posted on January 15, 2018 by VCE Physics

How can just two rules of Einstein’s 1905 theory of special relativity lead to seemingly paradoxical changes in the perception of time?

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Veritasium – Can You Go the Speed of Light?

Posted on January 15, 2018 by VCE Physics

Einstein’s classic thought experiment involves sitting on a train travelling at the speed of light. If you hold a mirror in front of your face, will you see your reflection in a mirror? How could light from your face reach … Continue reading →

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Vsauce – Would Headlights Work at Light Speed?

Posted on January 15, 2018 by justin

If you were driving at the speed of light and turned on your headlights, what would happen?  

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Exam formula sheet

Posted on October 24, 2017 by VCE Physics

Here is a copy of the exam formula sheet with rearrangements of equations. It’s a very long list; it would be useful to make sure that you have the rearrangements (particularly kinematics and gravity) on your own summary sheet.

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