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TheLil'Turkey
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Let's say a spaceship made of a transparent material moving past the Earth in a straight line at a constant speed of 0.99 c, and it's at its minimum distance from Earth. If a light is turned on in the middle of the ship, for an observer on Earth will the light move towards the front of the ship at the speed c (with a speed of 0.01 c relative to the front of the ship) and towards the back of the ship at the speed c (with a speed of 1.99 c relative to the back of the ship?
If time moves more slowly on the ship for an observer on Earth, shouldn't light move equally slowly in any direction relative to the ship?
I'd like to understand the basics of special relativity; what should I read? The part of Feynman's lectures on physics that deals with this is all that I've read so far.
If time moves more slowly on the ship for an observer on Earth, shouldn't light move equally slowly in any direction relative to the ship?
I'd like to understand the basics of special relativity; what should I read? The part of Feynman's lectures on physics that deals with this is all that I've read so far.