Special relativity and the rod/slot paradox – II – inclination angle of the rod in the slot frame

Special relativity and the rod/slot paradox – II – inclination angle of the rod in the slot frame
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This post series is a about a paradox based on the length contraction effect in the Special Theory of Relativity [STR]. In the first post of this series I have described a special setup and two reference frames for the … Read More

Special relativity and the rod/slot paradox – I – definition of reference frames

Special relativity and the rod/slot paradox – I – definition of reference frames
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One of the topics in physics that drove me almost crazy 48 years ago was a paradox seemingly resulting from the length contraction effect described by the Special Theory of Relativity [STR]. All of the paradoxes related to the length … Read More