Special Relativity as a Physical Theory

TL;DR

This paper critically analyzes the fundamental concepts of special relativity to clarify its physical principles and limitations, serving as a pedagogical guide for understanding the theory.

Contribution

It offers a critical examination of special relativity's core concepts and discusses its applicability and limitations in a pedagogical manner.

Findings

Clarifies the physical principles of special relativity

Highlights the limitations of the theory's applicability

Provides pedagogical insights into relativistic concepts

Abstract

A modest aim of this pedagogical presentation is to analyze, critically, certain fundamental physical concepts to illustrate the physical principles behind the special theory of relativity and, hence, to also illustrate the limitations of its applicability.