Length contraction: the real explanation

Multimedia · 25 April 2018

OSTI ID:1641744

Lincoln, Don ^[1]

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Relativity has many mind-bending consequences, but one of the weirdest is the idea that objects in motion get shorter. Bizarre or not, Fermilab’s Dr. Don Lincoln explains just how it works. You’ll be a believer.

• Research Organization: FNAL (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States))
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• OSTI ID: 1641744
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
LENGTH CONTRACTION
LORENTZ TRANSFORMATION EQUATION
PRIMED
RELATIVITY
UNPRIMED