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Special Relativity 1

 * Background
 * Theory of relativity
 * Special relativity
 * Principle of relativity
 * History of special relativity


 * Foundations
 * Kinematics
 * Frame of reference
 * Speed of light
 * Maxwell's equations


 * Formulation
 * Galilean invariance
 * Galilean transformation
 * Lorentz transformation


 * Consequences
 * Time dilation
 * Mass in special relativity
 * Mass–energy equivalence
 * Length contraction
 * Relativity of simultaneity
 * Relativistic Doppler effect
 * Thomas precession
 * Relativistic disk


 * Spacetime
 * Spacetime
 * Minkowski space
 * World line
 * Minkowski diagram
 * Light cone