Exercise 7B: Sports in Slowlightland
In Slowlightland, the speed of light is 20 mi/hr≈32 km/hr≈9 m/s. Think of an example of
how relativistic effects would work in sports. Things can get very complex very quickly, so try
to think of a simple example that focuses on just one of the following effects:
- relativistic momentum
- relativistic kinetic energy
- relativistic addition of velocities
- time dilation and length contraction
- Doppler shifts of light
- equivalence of mass and energy
- time it takes for light to get to an athlete’s eye
- deflection of light rays by gravity
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