Frame of reference Definition and 203 Threads

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    Understanding Newton's Law: Motion of a Bird in a Rotating Frame of Reference

    An observer standing on the observation deck of the CN tower watches a bird fly by a rotating merry go round on the ground. Draw the path of the bird's flight as seen by the observer, with the merry go round as the frame of reference. In order to account for the motion of the bird using the...
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    Hey, how predictable is a frame of reference going faster than c?

    Yo, d00dz, I'm just starting an introductory quantum physics class, so this'll probably be childishly foolish to some of you, but the risk of sounding childish has yet to stop me from saying something on the internet It seems like the transformations of special relativity just break down at...
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