Re: [Phys-l] three central misconceptions about relativity

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

On 2011, Oct 17, , at 20:32, John Denker wrote:

> This brings us back to where this thread started:  About half of
> the introductory textbooks on earth (and the almighty Syllabus 
> in NSW) seem utterly confident that the development of special 
> relativity began(!) and ended(!) with Einstein's 1905 paper.



On 2011, Oct 17, , at 15:21, Craft, Peter wrote:

> a) How has our understanding of time been influenced by the discovery of the constancy of the speed of light?
>
> b) piece of radioactive material of mass 2.5 kilogram undergoes radioactive decay. How much energy is released if 10 grams of this mass are converted to energy during the decay process?
>
> c) A mass is moving in an inertial frame of reference at a velocity v relative to a stationary observer. The observer measures an apparent mass increase of 0.37%.Calculate the value of v in m/s.


It wold help (including me) for specific answers to sample questions such as the above using the "New" "guess".


bc