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Re: Lorentz Contraction for Dummies

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From: Pentcho Valev
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:04
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On Jun 16, 9:59 am, Gordon Stangler <gordon.stang...@gmail.com> wrote
in sci.physics.relativity:
> I apologise for the double post, but interested parties might want to
> check out:
>
> http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-20January--IAP--2005/CourseHome/index.htm
> http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-033Fall-2006/CourseHome/index.htm

I bet any time you see Max Tegmark's wisdom:

http://ocw.mit.edu/NR/rdonlyres/Physics/8-033Fall-2006/DC3AFAE8-E04F-4639-9AE7-9F7198ED887E/0/lecture3_symme2.pdf
Max Tegmark:
"Does c depend on observer motion (frame)?
No 1st order effect had been seen
Michelson- Morley experiment hammered it - let's see how"

you want to hear another wisdom of his:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pLCOizNSLI

and then you somehow start singing with him and go into convulsions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PkLLXhONvQ

Pentcho Valev
pvalev@yahoo.com
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