Overview

This CD ROM presents a powerful ray-tracing program that generates snapshots of uniformly moving objects on the computer screen, thereby showing how relativistic objects appear to an observer under various conditions. The 'help texts' contain a brief introduction to the program. A short tutorial summarizes the basics, the formulae and the observable effects of relativity. Every student interested in relativity can extend his or her comprehension using this program.

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Author:   Hans-Josef Patt ,  Peter Nemec
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Dimensions:   Width: 20.50cm , Height: 4.20cm , Length: 24.70cm
Weight:   0.281kg
ISBN:  

9783540147350

ISBN 10:   3540147357
Pages:   80
Publication Date:   17 December 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   CD-ROM
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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With this software, it is possible to visualize the appearance of fast moving objects as predicted by the theory of special relativity, taking into account the finite time transit of light rays, and aberration and Doppler effects. You can build a small 'world' containing several objects such as a sphere, a rectangular box, a cone, a torus, etc., some of which can be transparent or silvered (mirrors)....It is worth mentioning that a stereoscopic vision is possible by an anaglyphic method using the glasses supplied with the CD-ROM. This can render a rather good 3-dimensional sensation, but the experience is relatively tiring for the eyes. It is amusing to visualize well-known effects: a moving sphere appears always circular, the visual length of an approaching rod is greater than its rest length despite of the Lorentz contraction. I do not believe that such demonstration can improve the in-depth comprehension of the theory of special relativity. Nevertheless it is very funny to observe some of the strange consequences of this theory. Physicalia, 2000/36/3

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