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Sunday Feb 28, 2021
Sunday Feb 28, 2021
In the second and final part of this series, I discuss the major consequences of special relativity, including the relativity of simultaneity, time dilation, length contraction, and mass-energy equivalence. I then provide an overview of some of the experimental tests of special relativity, and conclude with an analysis of some alleged paradoxes in relativity, including the twins paradox, and the ladder paradox. Recommended pre-listening is Episode 114: Special Relativity Part 1.
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Hi. I suspect the solution to the twin paradox along the lines of a break in simultaneity upon which a whole bunch of time/events disappear from one observer’s reality is not correct. You could build a thought experiment whereby two observers in separate rockets leave each other in opposite directions (leave out acceleration) so a loop/u-turn and return to each other. There is not immediate stop and reversal of velocity and no difference in their experiences. Which is older then?
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