Underwater Relativity

These animations demonstrate how the transformations of Special Relativity arise from the (classical) wave nature of matter. The Lorentz transformations are built up by analyzing sonar waves emitted from underwater submarines.

1. Time Dilation

2. Velocity

3. Perpendicular Length

4. Parallel Length

5. Matter Waves

6. Relativistic Doppler Shifts (under construction)

7. Discussion

A swimming moth demonstrates the Doppler effect.

Created: 27 February 2006; Last updated: 08/03/21

Conversion from Flash to HTML5 by Justin Xue (2021)