Re: active learning for special relativity

[DEVARAKONDA VENKATA NARAYANA SARMA <narayana@HD1.VSNL.NET.IN>]

This apparent rotation is due to the time difference between
light arriving from the near edge and far edge.

regards,

sarma.
At 09:07 AM 4/4/00 -0500, you wrote:
> There was a letter to, I believe, Physics Today many years ago by
> Weisskkopf pointing out that the Mr. Tompkins pictures on relativity
> are incorrect.  The observer sees an apparent rotation, rather than a
> flattening.  My best guess on the letter is that it was during the
> 'sixties.
>                                        Regards,
>                                                        Jack
>
> Adam was by constitution and proclivity a scientist; I was the same, and
> we loved to call ourselves by that great name...Our first memorable
> scientific discovery was the law that water and like fluids run downhill,
> not up.
>                          Mark Twain, <Extract from Eve's Autobiography>
>
> On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Ben Crowell wrote:
>
> > Thanks for all the helpful responses! I'm currently
> > enjoying Mr. Tompkins.
> >
> > I've created some discussion questions and
> > a group exercise about the Michelson-Morley
> > experiment, all of which seemed fairly successful
> > for my class this semester. If you're interested, they're
> > in my book at http://www.lightandmatter.com/area1book6.html.
> > The discussion questions are in ch. 1, and the group
> > exercise is in the back of the book.
> >
> > I've also offered my class extra credit for thinking out
> > relativistic effects in sports in a world where c=20 mi/hr...
> > we'll see what they come up with. One thing for sure
> > is that you want to pass the football or basketball to the
> > other player in a high arc -- if the trajectory is relatively
> > flat, then the light gets to them not long before the ball
> > does!
> >
> >         Ben Crowell
> >         Fullerton College