A Ballistic Path to Relativistic Mechanics
| Scientific Paper | |
|---|---|
| Title | A Ballistic Path to Relativistic Mechanics |
| Author(s) | Sadanand S. Savarkar |
| Keywords | relativity |
| Published | 2009 |
| Journal | None |
Abstract
Gulliveresque relativistic mechanics is constructed through the analysis of some simple ballistic experiments with an ideal spring-gun. The variation of mass with velocity, as well as the inertia of energy, follows in the context of Newton's law of the equality and opposition of action and reaction.