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Help CentreNavigation and UsageHow to use this sitePlease read the introduction, before taking the Main Tour. Movies have a simple caption which changes as it progresses. The solar system movies also have a voice commentary.Many movies may also be viewed with explanations. In this view, detailed information about each scene is found by clicking on "Tell me More" under the caption. In depth discussions are found in the Learning Centre, linked to in the Navigation Bar. Many Learning Centre topics are based on movies. It also contains a glossary, which can help you understand technical words, a bibliography, and a list of relevant web sites, which you can use to find more information. NavigationThis site is organised into a Main Tour and a Learning Centre Tour. To take these tours follow the Continue Tour link in the Navigation Bar. The Main Tour highlights visual effects that occur in special relativity. The Learning Centre explores these in detail, as well as more traditional topics in relativity such as time dilation.The drop down menu in the Navigation Bar links to major pages. The site map lists all the pages on the site. It includes a menu of all of the movies. The browser "Back" button may not work as expected. Instead, use the Navigation bar, or site map. Movie windowsThere are two types of movie window: Big movies with a brief caption, and "explained" windows with a half size movie plus additional information. This information may link to short definitions.They also have a "Tell me more" link under the caption, which gives detailed explanations: usually more than can be read while the movie is playing. You may click the movie to pause it, and double click to restart it. The explanation has links to short definitions of key concepts. These link on to full explanations, which open in another window. Technical HelpMovies won't loadYour browser must support the <video> tag. See here for a list of supported browsers.Screen resolutionThis site is designed to display in a browser window of 900 wide x 750 high. This requires a screen resolution of at least 1024x768.Movies won't play smoothlyMovies will only play smoothly if your computer system and browser are fast enough. However, they should play acceptably on recent systems. |