Lesson 1

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A topic covered in class is the horizons created by accelerated observers in a Minkowski S-T. An important effect is the so called Unruh radiation (similar to the Haking radiation experimented by Black Holes due to quantum effects. The following is a review article on the Unruh effect appeared in Reviews of Modern Physics not too long ago: Unruh-effect.  An excellent review of Special Relativity in the context of the general theory is Relativity: Special, General, and Cosmological, 2nd edition, Oxford Press by Wolfgang Rindler.

Special Relativity

Galilean addition in the case of a bullet and light emitted by a flashlight from a moving train.

Ehrenfest and the thought experiment proving that special relativity in the case of non-inertial frames was hinting at the need for a curved space-time.