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Re: Are Lorentz Transformations exclusive to microcosmic phenomena? - 12-20-2007, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by neutralino View Post
I'm not sure I totally understand your question. What do you mean by microcoms and macrocosms?
Hi Neutralino:
In more colloquial terms, will a rocket and/or a rhinocerous contract in the direction of its motion at a rate proportional to its linear velocity, as offered in Einstein's application of Lorentz transformations to microcosmic entitites - 'Particles', 'waves', 'fields', etc.

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