Re: special relativity: accelerated frames

[Bob Sciamanda <trebor@VELOCITY.NET>]

I, too, used to wonder how applying my car brakes can put the distant
stars into motion so that new gravimagnetic forces come into play.  But
this is no different from observing a new magnetic field when you go into
motion relative to a (previously) static charge. I DO control the
(relative) motion of the stars ( and everything else) when I use my brakes
and accelerator!  In my conceptualization, I am not changing the effects
of the stars in any absolute sense- I am merely changing my view of an
already existing reality.

Bob Sciamanda
Physics, Edinboro Univ of PA (em)
trebor@velocity.net
http://www.velocity.net/~trebor
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Britton" <britton@NCSSM.EDU>
To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 08:20 AM
Subject: Re: special relativity: accelerated frames
> . . .
> I ALSO have to wonder how my little Saturn is able give the highway
> such a tremendous amount of KE and have the brakes absorb it . . .