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a visualization of the Clock Effect

New Ideas for Teaching Relativity
and
New Ideas for Visualizing Relativity

Rob Salgado

Visualizing Spacetime Models and the Causal Structure (Light Cones)
- (1995) The Light Cone: an Illuminating Introduction to Relativity - relativity, visualized and animated on the web
- (1998-present) Visualizing Causal Sets (Partial Orders)
Visualizing Spacetime Geometry (Spacetime Diagrams)
- (1997-present) Spacetime Trigonometry - a unified presentation of Galilean and Special Relativity
- (1999-present) Spacetime Trigonometry - The Trilogy of the Surveyors
- (2006) AAPT Topical Conference - Teaching General Relativity to Undergraduates (Syracuse, NY - July 20-21, 2006) - [Salgado-SpacetimeTrigonometry]
Visualizing Tensors and Differential Forms
- (1996) VRML Gallery of Electromagnetism
- (2001) Visual Tensor Calculus
- (2006) Gordon Research Conference (Physics Research and Education: Electromagnetism, 2006)
  - Visualizing Vector and Tensor Fields in Electromagnetism poster
- (2007)Gordon Research Conference (Visualization in Science and Education, 2007)
  - Visualizing Tensors and their Algebra, with applications for Electromagnetism and Relativity poster
- (2007) AAPT Topical Conference (Davidson College, 2007), AAPT Summer 2007 meeting (Greensboro, 2007)
  - [Salgado-abstract] - [Salgado-talk.pdf poster]
Visualizing Proper-Time along a worldline
Assorted
- (1996) Fun with Curvature Tensors
- (1997) Some Identities for the Einstein Tensor
- (2001-present) Rob's page of VPython applications for Teaching Physics
- (2005) Notes on Radar Methods and the Bondi k-Calculus
- [relativity-related] Notes for Courses Taught:
  - (1993) Modern Physics (Syracuse U., PHY 261)
  - (1995) Science for the 21st Century (Syracuse U., PHY 105) [see The Light Cone above]
  - (2000) Advanced Topics: An Introduction to Spacetime Physics (Truman State U.)
  - (2002) Modern Physics (Dillard U.)

presented at:
AAPT National Meetings
AAPT Topical Conference---Teaching General Relativity to Undergraduates (Syracuse University (NY), Summer 2006)
AAPT Topical Conference---Computational Physics for Upper Level Courses (Davidson College (NC), Summer 2007)
Gordon Research Conference---Physics Research and Education: Electromagnetism (Mount Holyoke College (MA), 2006)
Gordon Research Conference---Visualization in Science and Education (Bryant University (RI), 2007)
9th Midwest Geometry Conference (University of Missouri - Columbia (MO), 1999)

New Ideas for Teaching Relativity and New Ideas for Visualizing Relativity

Rob Salgado

New Ideas for Teaching Relativity
and
New Ideas for Visualizing Relativity