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"The street was nearly empty - except for a single cyclist coming slowly towards him. As he approached, Mr. Tompkins's eyes opened wide with astonishment. The bicycle and the young man on it were unbelievable shortened in the direction of their motion, as if seen through a cylindrical lens." |
"He fully expected that his newly acquired motion would immediately shorten him, and looked forward to this as his increasing girth had lately caused him some anxiety. To his surprise, however, nothing happened; both he and his cycle remained the same size and shape. On the other hand, the scene around him completely changed. The streets grew shorter, the windows of the shops became narrow slits, and the pedestrians were the thinnest people he had ever seen." |
Mr. Tompkins's Traum während einer Vorlesung über Relativitätstheorie zeigt, dass Mr. Tompkins - und offensichtlich sein Erfinder George Gamow ("The NEW WORLD of Mr TOMPKINS") zu sehen glaubt, was er nur messen könnte.
Wenn Sie erfahren möchten, was Mr. Tompkins
"wirklich" sehen würde, wenn die Lichtgeschwindigkeit mit der
eines Fahrradfahrers vergleichbar wäre, klicken Sie auf das folgende
Bild.
Wenn Sie mit Mr. Tompkins durch eine (etwas entfremdete) Straße mit
Fußgängern fahren möchten, klicken Sie auf dieses Bild.
So würde Mr. Tompkins den Radfahrer sehen.
So würde Mr. Tompkins die Straße sehen.
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