From 9776145fc444bea2729efe8ee104b41b0ffe3f38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Preston Pan Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 18:51:40 -0700 Subject: add descriptions to everything; checkpoint --- mindmap/special relativity.org | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'mindmap/special relativity.org') diff --git a/mindmap/special relativity.org b/mindmap/special relativity.org index d79dfa0..aca50de 100644 --- a/mindmap/special relativity.org +++ b/mindmap/special relativity.org @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ :END: #+title: special relativity #+author: Preston Pan +#+description: Where are you, but also at what time? #+options: broken-links:t @@ -31,15 +32,15 @@ no information can either; light in this case can be replaced with something els once the light reaches the roof from the floor, where this distance is $d$ meters, $\frac{d}{c}$ seconds will have passed for Bob. #+caption: A very scientifically accurate drawing of the situation -#+attr_html: :width 300px -[[../img/relativity1.jpg]] +#+attr_html: :width 1800 :height 1800 +[[../img/relativity1.webp]] Now this image is from Bob's perspective; when we switch to Alice's perspective, we gain a new insight; that /light has to travel the same speed for her/, but it has a larger distance to travel because of the train's velocity. #+caption: Light ray from Alice's perspective -#+attr_html: :width 300px -[[../img/relativity2.jpg]] +#+attr_html: :width 1800 :height 1800 +[[../img/relativity2.webp]] from this diagram, we can gather that the amount of time it takes for light to reach the roof will be longer. Also, we can see that if Alice believes in Bob's clock, her time would be: -- cgit v1.3