"Cyde Weys" wrote in message
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| I got as far as up to special relativity in college physics but I
never
| got to general relativity.


Unfortunately you never got past the origins, and only ever learnt

tau = (t-vx/c^2)/sqrt(1-v^2/c^2)
xi = (x - vt)/sqrt(1-v^2/c^2)

If that is correct, I can help you write an even better story.

Androcles.