Exploring Einstein's principle of relativity

This site aims to explain puzzling aspects of physics to non-physicists who have a basic grasp of mathematics. Many of these puzzles arise from Einstein's theory of special relativity.

Explanations are presented in the following pdfs:

Physics mysteries part one
Physics mysteries part two
Magnetism

If you are already acquainted with Einstein's theory you are invited to consider the following paradoxes and difficulties:

  1. Light
  2. Blue or bluer?
  3. Mass
  4. Frame equivalence
  5. Electromagnetism
  6. Distance contraction
  7. Synchronization
  8. Clock rate
  9. E=mc²
  10. Conservation principles

  11. Equivalence principle (general relativity)