Train Tunnel Paradox Visualised (Animating Einstein’s Special Relativity)

To try everything Brilliant has to offer—free—for a full 30 days, visit . The first 200 of you will get 20% off Brilliant’s annual premium subscription Let’s visually discover the intuition behind Einstein’s special relativity. Especially, the idea behind relativity of simultaneity. The train tunnel paradox, the ladder paradox, the pole barn paradox is an excellent example of that. Chapters 00:00 - The Train Tunnel Paradox 02:00 - The Door Mechanism 03:24 - Visualising The Platform reference 04:47 - Visualising The Train Reference Frame 07:39 - Check out Brilliant for FREE 08:45 - Relativity Of Simultaneity 09:20 - Challenge question 10:35 - Bonus This video is sponsored by Brilliant