A Discussion of Special Relativity
History and Philosophy of Physics
2012-05-02 v1
Abstract
Five topics: A rigid body does not exist in the special theory of relativity; distant simultaneity defined with respect to a given frame of reference without any reference to synchronized clocks; challenges on Einstein's connection of synchronization and contraction; a theory of relativity without light, composition of relative velocities and space of relative velocities.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1205.0221,
title = {A Discussion of Special Relativity},
author = {Galina Weinstein},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.0221},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
This paper is based on conversations with John Stachel and primary sources