Eljen Dave Cayamba 3rd Year BSED-SCIENCE

MODULE 1: RELATIVITY

LESSON 1: Special Relativity

ACTIVITY:

1. Write your ideas about the importance of learning special relativity.

 Special relativity describes how speed affects matter, time, and space. The theory
contains a method for defining the link between energy and matter using the
speed of light. Special relativity has had a significant impact on the area of
physics, particularly in the computation and comprehension of high-velocity
events, as well as an even greater impact on our ways of thinking. Our knowledge
of space and time has advanced significantly since the turn of the century.

ANALYSIS:
Supplementary Questions:

1. What are the main principles of special relativity?

 The special theory of relativity is based on two fundamental principles: that the
rules of physics should be independent of the uniform motion of an inertial frame
of reference, and that the speed of light should be constant in any such frame.