I am an old man – and up to 2016 I could never have imagined what they would do to you. They have deformed and disfigured you. I almost fumble for words to express my dismay and at the same … Read More
We continue our analysis of the so called “rod/slot paradox” in the Special Theory of Relativity. In this post we want to directly compare two important scenarios for possible rod/slot encounters – namely a collision scenario and a transit scenario … Read More
Let us look deeper into the rod/slot paradox of Special Relativity. We know already that one can set up very different scenarios of the rod/slot encounter in two dimensions. The easiest way to do so is to use different reference … Read More
The events at the MSC and the new alliance of the US administration with the Putler and anti-democratic extremists in Germany have left many Germans and Europeans speechless. The destruction of old transatlantic alliances on the timescale of a few … Read More
We continue our analysis of the rod/slot paradox in Special Relativity. So far, we have studied both a collision scenario and a transit scenario for the rod and the slot in two dimensions. Each scenario was consistently described by observers … Read More