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Archived Discussion => 2010 => Mid-year exams => Exam Discussion => Victoria => Physics => Topic started by: Shark 774 on August 14, 2010, 09:52:54 pm

Title: Special Relativity
Post by: Shark 774 on August 14, 2010, 09:52:54 pm

Hey guys.

I'm in year 11 and am going to do 3/4 physics next year (I am doing 1/2 this year). I am really interested in special relativity and I wanted to know if anybody is doing it as their detailed study? I would really love to do relativity, but I know my class will be doing 'materials and their use in structures'. Do you think it would it be possible to do special relativity by myself if I get a good understanding of it this year, or is the class time with a teacher helping you just too vital?

Thanks guys!

Title: Re: Special Relativity
Post by: appianway on August 14, 2010, 09:56:10 pm

Look, special relativity in VCE doesn't deal with much of the actual principles of relativity properly, so you can probably just learn the formulae.

Title: Re: Special Relativity
Post by: Shark 774 on August 14, 2010, 09:58:02 pm

Great! Well just out of personal interest I hope to try and fully understand it before next year anyway, so I might give it a shot then.

Thanks for the reply!

Title: Re: Special Relativity
Post by: MBBS on October 02, 2010, 08:59:56 pm

FWIW, my father is legitimately the biggest Physics Nerd on the planet. He was teaching me theory harder than the Special Relativity we cover next year prior to year 7.