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Mrinal MohitMR GaneshPalashUtkarsh Sharma
Basic Ideas of Relativity
 
Introduction
Everything is relative. There is no possible way by which one can say that there exists a state of absoluterest or motion. But here arises a problem...how do we measure speed????In relativity, the measure of speed is done relative to the speed of light. This is because relativity makes
itself noticeable….a lot more noticeable at some appreciable fraction of the speed of light. The entire
idea of relativity was given by Albert Einstein not when he was working in a lab but on paper whileimagining himself to be traveling at speed of light...
At such high speed weird things start happening…like time slows down…things appear stationary…andyou can’t see the back of the machine you are traveling in…matter gets squashed…something that wehave never experienced…
but the reason behind them is logically sound, so perfect that it is bound tohappen if ever such speeds could be attained.
Intrigued?? Well then take a plunge in the deep waters of Relativity…
 
 
Principle of Relativity
The Principle of Relativity states that
the laws of nature are the same whether the observer is standingstill or moving in a straight line with constant velocity
.This seemingly obvious statement implies that all experiments will produce the same results irrespective
of the experimenter’s state of rest or uniform motion with respect to a stationary reference frame. E.g.
experiments conducted in a train in motion (with constant velocity) will produce same results as thoseperformed on ground. However, this principle is not applicable if the train is accelerating.The Principle also implies that since no measurement will be affected by uniform motion,
there is nomeasurement you can make that will tell you whether you are stationary or moving withoutacceleration.
This is in fact implied even by Newtonian concepts of relative motion.
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