2014/05/15 by William Nelson, William M. Nelson, Nelson, William M. · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Classical Physics (physics.class-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #physics.class-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1405.3979
23 pages, revised version to be published Am. J. Phys
openalex publication_date 2014/05/15 · arxiv created 2015/05/07 · arxiv updated 2015/05/08 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Arguments are reviewed and extended in favor of presenting special relativity at least in part from a more mechanistic point of view. A number of generic mechanisms are catalogued and illustrated with the goal of making relativistic effects seem more natural by connecting with more elementary aspects of physics, particularly the physics of waves.