Chapter 9: Einstein and Relativity Theory (319 KB) - D Cassidy Books
Chapter 9: Einstein and Relativity Theory (319 KB) - D Cassidy Books
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3637_<strong>Cassidy</strong>TX_09 6/14/02 12:09 PM Page 448<br />
448 9. EINSTEIN AND RELATIVITY THEORY<br />
6. How fast would a pitcher have to throw a baseball to have its mass increase<br />
by 1%<br />
7. How much would be the rate of your body’s “clock,” the heart beat, decrease<br />
as measured by someone at rest on the ground, if you were flying in a plane<br />
at the speed of sound, about 330 m/s<br />
8. In Question 7, if you weighed yourself on a supersensitive scale during flight,<br />
how much would your weight seem to have increased, if at all, as observed<br />
from the ground<br />
9. If you have an opportunity to use the computer program “Space-Time,” use<br />
the program to take a “trip” to Alpha Centauri, <strong>and</strong> observe the twin paradox.<br />
How is the paradox resolved
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