Einstein's special relativity-kinematical part I-Einstein for Philistines

摘要

The author gives a summary of Einstein's Special Relativity limited to the kinematical part I which deals with the dilation of time or slowing down of moving clocks and the contraction of length of objects moving in space, relative to an observer at a resting reference point. Lastly, Einstein's relativity is applied to illustrate current energy conversion engineering applications (solar energy conversion, laser weapon recoil velocity).