Concept — Shortening of lengths in the direction of motion.
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20 Special relativity
- Astronaut towards Proxima Centauri
- Length contraction
- The cosmic-ray muon
- The relativistic solenoid
- Problem — Contraction of a rod
- Problem — Contraction of a spaceship
- Problem — Tunnel at 0.8c
- Problem — The barn and the pole
- Problem — Ruler moving at 0.6c