Introduction of Speed

∟Introduction of Speed

This chapter provides an introduction of speed. Topics include definition of speed; dependency of speed on frame of reference; measuring speed of light.

What Is Speed?

List of Various Speeds

Different Speeds Observed in Different Frames

Measuring Speed of Light - Roemer's Method

Measuring Speed of Light - Fizeau's Method

Measuring Speed of Light - Foucault's Method

Conclusion:

The speed of a moving object is the distance it has moved within a single unit of time.
The speed of light is 299,792,458 m/s, which is the fastest speed of an object can move known today.
In 1857, Léon Foucault made a measurement of the speed of light as 299,796,000 m/s using a rotating mirror and a fixed mirror.

Table of Contents

About This Book

Introduction of Space

Introducion of Frame of Reference

Introducion of Time

►Introduction of Speed

Newton's Laws of Motion

Introduction of Special Relativity

Time Dilation in Special Relativity

Length Contraction in Special Relativity

The Relativity of Simultaneity

Introduction of Spacetime

Minkowski Spacetime and Diagrams

References

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