Summary

DescriptionRotation Euclidean1.svg	English: This is the first image of a 2D Euclidean spacespace diagram, to be used as the basis for an analogy showing a 2D spacetime (Minkowski) diagram in a slide presentation at Wikiversity:Special relativity and steps towards general relativity. This uses the geometric approach to explaining special relativity, as in e.g. Taylor and Wheeler. This is why a Euclidean diagram has a role for explaining Minkowski spacetime.
Date	6 July 2011
Source	Own work
Author	Boud
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