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A snapshot of relativistic motion: Special relativity made visible
When an object moves extremely fast—close to the speed of light—certain basic assumptions that we take for granted no longer ...
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Strange ‘Terrell-Penrose Effect’ Observed in Lab For the First Time, in New Confirmation of Einstein’s Special Relativity
Physicists have demonstrated the Terrell-Penrose effect, which causes an object moving close to the speed of light to warp ...
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Relativistic Motion: Special Relativity Visualized
When an object moves extremely fast – close to the speed of light – certain basic assumptions that we take for granted no longer apply. This is the ...
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The FitzGerald-Lorentz Contraction Theory
IN the discussion on relativity at the Royal Society on February 5 (NATURE, February 12), Mr. Jeans stated that the FitzGerald-Lorentz contraction theory presented grave difficulties in the case ...