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A Moving Rod Does Not Shrink

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Scientific Paper
TitleA Moving Rod Does Not Shrink
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Author(s)Boon Leong Lan
KeywordsSpecial Relativity, length contraction
Published2010
JournalProceedings of the NPA
Volume7
No. of pages1
Pages265

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Abstract

Contrary to the orthodox interpretation of the length contraction equation in special relativity, a simple argument is given to prove that a moving rod does not actually shrink or contract.