This paper uses the Galilean relativity principle and the dependence of the rate of a clock on its velocity to derive the Lorentz transformations (LTs). Analyzing different ways of deriving the LTs provides different perspectives for them and their implications as well as making them more accessible to a wide range of readers with an interest in relativistic physics.

Keywords: relativity principle, Galilean transformations, Lorentz transformations, special theory of relativity PACS: 01.40.−d, 01.65.+g, 04.20.−q (all) DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.2015.11.037648 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2016/5/d/ 000381177800004 2-s2.0-84981308185 2016PhyU...59..475B Citation: Bessonov E G "Another route to the Lorentz transformations" Phys. Usp. 59 475–479 (2016) BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)Medline RefWorks RT Journal T1 Another route to the Lorentz transformations A1 Bessonov,E.G. PB Physics-Uspekhi PY 2016 FD 10 May, 2016 JF Physics-Uspekhi JO Phys. Usp. VO 59 IS 5 SP 475-479 DO 10.3367/UFNe.2015.11.037648 LK https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2016/5/d/ Received: 13th, May 2015, revised: 8th, November 2015, accepted: 12th, November 2015 Оригинал: Бессонов Е Г «Об одном пути к преобразованиям Лоренца» УФН 186 537–541 (2016); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.2015.11.037648