Understanding Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity

And deriving the most beautiful equation in physics from scratch

Kasper Müller
Cantor’s Paradise
16 min readAug 14, 2022

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Albert Einstein — Image from Wikimedia Commons

In this article, we’ll discuss and try to understand one of the most mind-bending theories ever written. The consequences of these ideas and calculations are highly unintuitive yet the effects are very real.

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Mathematician, programmer and writer interested in the mysteries of the Universe, fascinated by the human mind, music and things that I don’t understand.