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Tag Archive for: length contraction

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Relativity on Rotated Graph Paper (a graphical motivation)

February 16, 2022
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(based on https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/teaching-sr-without-simultaneity.1011051/post-6588952 and https://physics.stackexchange.com/a/689291/148184…
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A Principle Explanation of the “Mysteries” of Modern Physics

August 28, 2020
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All undergraduate physics majors are shown how the counterintuitive aspects ("mysteries") of time dilation and length contraction in special relativity…
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Blockworld and Its Foundational Implications: Time Dilation and Length Contraction

November 5, 2015
 This is the first in a 5-part series of Insights that will introduce blockworld (aka "block universe”) and use it to address a puzzle…
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Bell Spaceship Paradox: Why the String Breaks in SR

August 12, 2015
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Bell spaceship paradox — setup Bell describes two spaceships that start out at rest relative to each other with an elastic string between them, one…
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