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From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu
[mailto:phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf
Of John Denker
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 4:50 AM
To: Forum for Physics Educators
Subject: Re: [Phys-l] how to explain relativity
On 06/15/2010 10:50 AM, William Maddox wrote:
To go along with the astronaut/twin "paradox" there is a less wellinterested see this website:
known paradox involving length contraction. It is known as the
rocket-rope paradox and as Bell's spaceship paradox. If
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell%27s_spaceship_paradox
That wikipedia article says the paradox ...
"was first designed by E. Dewan and M. Beran in 1959 as an
argument for the physical reality of length contraction."
I suppose y'all can predict where I come down on this.
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