Special Relativity Primer

The consequences of Special Relativity follow from the assertion that the laws of physics are the same in all inertial frames. In particular, the speed of light is a limiting constant in all such frames. The consequences, deduced from this assertion, make up a body of results that have been repeatedly affirmed in practice since the early 20th century. I once tried to describe some of these consequences in a paper I wrote in a Philosophy of Science class. The professor gave me an A on the paper but asked, in the end, do these things really happen? This paper, Special Relativity Primer, explains the basic theory and provides exampes and worked exercises demonstrating the consequences.