Recommended Citation
Physics Education, Volume 40, November 1, 2005, pages 500-503.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9120/40/6/F03.
Abstract
Bell’s spaceship ‘paradox’ [1] in special relativity is a particularly good one to examine with students, because although it deals with accelerated motions, it can be dissolved with elementary space–time diagrams. Furthermore, it forces us to be very clear about the relativity of simultaneity, proper length, and the ‘reality’ of the Lorentz contraction.
Disciplines
Philosophy
Copyright
2005 IOP Publishers.
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