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Einstein’s train on the embankment and the relativity of simultaneity

G. Robinson, +1 more
- 01 Aug 1986 - 
- Vol. 54, Iss: 8, pp 747-749
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This article is published in American Journal of Physics.The article was published on 1986-08-01. It has received 1 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Relativity of simultaneity & Theory of relativity.

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Illustrating the relativity of simultaneity

Bernhard Rothenstein, +2 more
- 07 Nov 2005 - 
TL;DR: In this article, a relativistic space-time diagram that displays in true magnitudes the readings (daytimes) of two inertial reference frames clocks is presented, showing that two events simultaneous in one reference frame are not compulsory simultaneous in the other frame.