Introduction of Time

This chapter provides an introduction of time. Topics include what is time; standard unit to measure duration of time; how long is one 'second'.

What Is Time

What Is Duration

Second Prefixes and Other Units

List of Various Durations

Takeaways:

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction of Space

 Introduction of Frame of Reference

Introduction 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

 Introduction of Hamiltonian

 Introduction of Lagrangian

 Introduction of Generalized Coordinates

 Phase Space and Phase Portrait

 References

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