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A third kind of explanation (Linton 1997) utilizes time dilatation an=
d Doppler shift. It is written in a way that it can be understood by =
a clever high school student.
Sometimes it is stated that General Relativity is inevitably needed i=
n the analysis of the twin paradox. Hestenes (1990) discusses how thi=
s misconception was initiated by Einstein himself! Hestenes goes on a=
nd states that "he may have harbored some misconceptions of his own r=
elativity". Interesting indeed.