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Rollercoaster* | Cube* | Tram* | Desert road* | Earth* | Mars* | Jupiter* | Saturn*

Major Movies with explanations

Rollercoaster* | Cube* | Tram* | Desert road* | Earth* | Mars* | Jupiter* | Saturn*

Learning Centre

Learning Centre
What is the special theory of relativity?
What are the postulates of the special theory of relativity?
What is special relativistic optics?

How does relativistic aberration* affect what we see?
How does the doppler effect affect what we see?
How does the headlight effect* affect what we see?
Desert road: no relativity* | aberration* | doppler effect* | headlight effect*.

The hollow cube*.

Time dilation with light clocks: stationary* | moving* | both*.

Length contraction and relativity of simultaneity with light clocks: stationary* | moving: no length contraction* | moving: length contraction*.

Comparison* of aberration, doppler and headlight effects.

The slow light* fiction.

Why do some objects appear to rotate?* This is called Terrell rotation.

How was relativistic raytracing used to make the movies on this site?

Relativistic mathematical formulae.

Quizzes.

About Einstein. Including local copies of his special relativity papers.

Web sites about special relativity and relativistic visual effects.
Short bibliography of subjects covered by Through Einstein's Eyes.

Glossary. Definitions of some of the technical words used in this site.