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Re: And Yet Another Reason Why the "medium" Matters Mr Andersen

Subject Re: And Yet Another Reason Why the "medium" Matters Mr Andersen
Newsgroups sci.physics.relativity
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From Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com>
Message-ID <APfBD.114941$I67.34339@fx15.am4> (permalink)
Organization virginmedia.com
Date 2018-10-28 10:03 +0000

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On 25/10/2018 17:16, Keith Stein wrote:
 > On 25/10/2018 14:59, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
 >> Keith Stein wrote:

 >>> If you are watching "Big Ben" through a telescope,
 >>> as you approach in your rocket at 0.9, then for every
 >>> hour on your clock you would see Big Ben advance
 >>>  According to SR: sqrt((1+0.9)/(1-0.9)) hours = 4.36 hours
 >>>  According to Classical Physics: (1+.9)/1 hours = 1.9 hours.

 >> Ex falso quodlibet.  In this case, something ridiculously wrong. SR 
 >> says exactly the opposite: In the rocket frame, Big Ben’s clock
 >> would be observed to tick *slower* than the rocket clock (not
 >> faster).

  Thank you Thomas,
  Please write to Professor Andersen, TO LET HIM KNOW that, not only
  did he make a mistake with his  Classical Physics, but he doesn't
  understand Einstein's Special Relativity either. Alternatively
  you might be better advised to resit PHYSICS TEST II eh!  :)

keith stein

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And Yet Another Reason Why the "medium" Matters Mr Andersen Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-10-22 17:07 +0100
  Re: And Yet Another Reason Why the "medium" Matters Mr Andersen Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-10-24 17:43 +0100
    Re: And Yet Another Reason Why the "medium" Matters Mr Andersen Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-10-28 10:03 +0000
      Re: And Yet Another Reason Why the "medium" Matters Mr Andersen Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-07 00:34 +0000
        Re: And Yet Another Reason Why the "medium" Matters Mr Andersen patdolan@comcast.net - 2018-11-07 03:55 -0800
          Re: And Yet Another Reason Why the "medium" Matters Mr Andersen Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-07 12:05 +0000
            Re: And Yet Another Reason Why the "medium" Matters Mr Andersen Ntowicz Usarczyk <iswso@wioioksi.io> - 2018-11-07 20:08 +0000
              Re: And Yet Another Reason Why the "medium" Matters Mr Andersen Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-07 22:09 +0000
                Re: And Yet Another Reason Why the "medium" Matters Mr Andersen Gaston Castaneda <uucp@jav4ow.nq> - 2018-11-13 20:34 +0000
    Re: And Yet Another Reason Why the "medium" Matters Mr Andersen Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-12 15:45 +0000

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