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Dan Styer,
Oberlin College Department of Physics and Astronomy;
http://www.oberlin.edu/physics/dstyer/Einstein/;
last updated 25 March 2021.
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Teacher: Dan Styer.
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Summary sheet (PDF)
How can a ladybug flying in a moving car fly slower than common sense predicts?
The Theory of Interstellar Trade (PDF). A twelve-page paper, packed with physics and economics in-jokes, written by now-distinguished economist Paul Krugman back in July 1978, when he was a struggling young assistant professor. Addresses the question "How should interest charges on goods in transit be computed when the goods travel at close to the speed of light?"
Solution to joust problem.
Model solution for assignment 5
Model solutions for sample final exam 1
Model solutions for sample final exam 2
Model solutions for final exam
Is the path of light bent by gravity? (Presentation given in class Thursday, 11 March 2021.)