[geocentrism] Re: Fw: Re: The honesty of scientists
- From: Alan Griffin <ajg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 19:10:39 +0100
On 11 Aug, Philip <joyphil@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Greetings Alan, Being a REAL scientists myself...ah....why don't you
> > > explain HOW the difference in speed changes the formulas from
> > > Newtonian physics to Einsteinian physics at some magical speed? I'm
> > > sure the group will enjoy your thesis on this...as would I :-) Steve
It's not at some magical speed. Most of Einstein's formulae have a
term v^2/c^2 in them, where v is a velocity and c is the velocity of light.
At ordinary speeds on the earth, v is so much smaller than c that
the expression is so small that it may be neglected, and assumed to be
zero.
As v approaches the speed of light, the expression is no longer so
small that you can neglect it, so you have to take it into account.
If v is a normal earth-type velocity, we ignore the term, and
Einstein's equations turn into Newton's.
Alan
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