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Article #5403Re: THE BEST EXPLANATION OF LENGTH CONTRACTION
From: Denis Feldmann
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:31
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:31
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Rudolf Drabek a οΏ½crit : > > I'm not good in understanding SR. > I only want to know if I look to the situation from the pole's frame: > So the distance between the barn doors is in any case too short, that > the pole can fit into the barn. > SR is symmetrical for time dilatation and length contraction, but not > for this situation. > Who can help me out. Easy: the whole scenario insist on *simultaneously closing the doors*, and simultaneity is not an absolute concept, so there is no contradiction. But, of course, any serious student of SR knows that, or can redemonstrate it to him(her)self convincingly, so you will only find crank answers here...
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