1 1.1 Course Organization (8.20 Introduction to Special Relativity) 2 1.2. Prof. Klute’s Research 3 1.3 History of Special Relativity 4 1.4 Guest Lecture: Space, Time, and Spacetime   5 1.5 Categories of Physics 6 2.1 Events 7 2.2 Galilean Transformation 8 3.1 Light 9 3.2 Waves 10 3.3 Michelson-Morley Experiment 11 3.4 Stellar Aberration 12 4.1 Time Dilation 13 4.2 Muons 14 4.3 Length Contraction 15 4.4 Invariance 16 4.5 Lorentz Transformation 17 5.1 Voyager Program 18 5.2 Velocity Addition 19 5.3 Spacetime Diagrams 20 5.4 Regions in Spacetime Diagrams 21 5.5 Causality 22 6.1 Pole-in-the-Barn Paradox 23 6.2 Twin Paradox 24 6.3 Spacecraft-on-a-Rope Paradox 25 7.1 Introduction to the Doppler Effect 26 7.2 Relativistic Doppler Effect 27 7.3 Redshift 28 7.4 Galaxy Travel 29 8.1 Algebra of Lorentz transformations 30 8.2 Introduction to 4-Vector Notation 31 8.3 Proper Velocity 32 9.1 Momentum Conservation 33 9.2 Energy Conservation 34 9.4 Forces and Kinetic Energy 35 9.3 Collisions 36 10.1 Tests of Special Relativity 37 10.2 The Large Electron-Positron Collider 38 10.3 Deuteron Production 39 10.4 Absorption and Emission of Photons 40 10.5 Decay of a Pion 41 10.6 Creation of Particles 42 10.7 Compton Effect 43 10.8 Global Positioning System 44 11.1 Charge and Current 45 11.2 Electric and Magnetic Fields 46 12.1 Equivalence Principle 47 12.2 Time Dilation Effect on Earth 48 12.3 Bending of Light 49 12.4 Redshift Tests 50 12.5 General Relativity 51 12.6 Experimental Evidence  52 13.2 Course Review