E9.1 - Einstein Velocity Addition - And Other Magic Tricks. Ask Us Whatever.

“Einstein Velocity Addition – And Other Magic Tricks” details six somewhat implausible assumptions and calculations that are required to produce Einstein’s velocity addition formula.

As Joe Sorge reminds us, Special Relativity asks us to believe lengths contract, times dilate, and clocks adjust themselves as required by any observer in any inertial reference frame. This quickly becomes an impossibility when the constraints of multiple observers in multiple reference frames need to be accommodated. Luckily, Joe has a solution for us that he will introduce in the next episode. Stay tuned.

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