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On 06/20/2009 10:58 AM, Rory Ian BUalan wrote:
I'm in my 2nd year in MST-Physics. We're told to think of
possible thesis topics for our proposal sumbission. I want a topic
that is interesting and is very relevant right now... Any
suggestions???
You might take as a model the paper by Gary Oas
"On the Abuse and Use of Relativistic Mass"
http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0504110
I like this work for a number of reasons. For one thing, it
includes an extensive survey of textbooks, resulting in some
nice clear charts showing the secular trends.
It also helps that I strongly agree with his conclusion:
"it is urged, once again, that the use of the
[velocity-dependent mass] concept at all levels
be abandoned."