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My favorite thing along these lines is a question from my undergrad special relativity textbook: A pole vaulter carrying a 40m pole is running at a speed such
by dhosek 2y ago
My favorite thing along these lines is a question from my undergrad special relativity textbook:
A pole vaulter carrying a 40m pole is running at a speed such that to an observer, he appears contracted by ½. He runs through a barn of length 20m and the doors at each end of the barn are closed simultaneously.
But to the pole vaulter, the barn appears contracted by ½ and thus appears to be 10m long to him. What does he see when the doors are closed?
- dhosek 2y agoOf course, just by virtue of context in this discussion, the answer is kind of given away.