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Activity: The light clock

Now we come to the light clock. You will come to understand why a moving light clock must tick slowly and derive the Lorentz factor. Proper time will be defined and so will the concept of simultaneity. Look out for length contraction as a consequence of the constancy of the speed of light.

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