Padmanabhan, T.2012-03-032012-03-032008-07-01http://hdl.handle.net/11007/187Thomas precession is a curious effect in special relativity which is purely kinematical in origin and illustrates some important features of the Lorentz transformation. It also has a beautiful geometric interpretation. We will explore these in this and the next installment.enThomas PrecessionLorentz transformationSpaceArticle