Re: active learning for special relativity

["S.Goelzer" <sgoelzer@COEBROWNACADEMY.COM>]

> > I think that it is fair to say that noone who rides a bicycle at .8 x
> > the speed of light should expect to see the world in exactly the way
> > that Mr. Thompkins does.  I think that this is what is referred to in
> > the article you speak about.                                        WBN
>
> Jack was referring to Terrell rotation, a (now) well understood
> result. Gamow was writing before Terrell published his Phys Rev
> article and enlightened us all.
>
> Leigh

I have found some pictures of what a city should look like at .8c. I intend to use them
along with the Mr. Tompkins story. Will make for a good discussion of how understanding
changes with time.  Thanks for updating me.

Scott

Relativity pictures with rotation:

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~cbetts/relpics.html

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