8.20 | January IAP 2021 | Undergraduate

Introduction to Special Relativity

Week 2: Spacetime in Special Relativity

Lecture 6.3: Spacecraft-on-a-Rope Paradox

Description: We discuss how objects contract and the spacecraft-on-a-rope paradox. (04:35)

Instructor: Prof. Markus Klute

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