PIRSA:06070037

Geometry of Flat Spacetime

APA

Mermin, N.D. (2006). Geometry of Flat Spacetime. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/06070037

MLA

Mermin, N. David. Geometry of Flat Spacetime. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Jul. 18, 2006, https://pirsa.org/06070037

BibTex

          @misc{ scivideos_PIRSA:06070037,
            doi = {10.48660/06070037},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/06070037},
            author = {Mermin, N. David},
            keywords = {},
            language = {en},
            title = {Geometry of Flat Spacetime},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics},
            year = {2006},
            month = {jul},
            note = {PIRSA:06070037 see, \url{https://scivideos.org/pirsa/06070037}}
          }
          

N. David Mermin Cornell University

Talk numberPIRSA:06070037
Talk Type Conference

Abstract

I will show Abner how to construct Minkowski's space-time diagrams directly from Einstein's two postulates and some very elementary plane geometry. This geometric route into special relativity was developed while teaching the subject to nonscientists, but some of its features may be unfamiliar to physicists and philosophers.