Chukchi mythology provides a perspective for teaching special relativity that prioritizes absolute structures such as proper time over relative ones to reduce the sense of revolutionary mystery.
On Radar Time and the Twin `Paradox'
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In this paper we apply the concept of radar time (popularised by Bondi in his work on k-calculus) to the well-known relativistic twin `paradox'. Radar time is used to define hypersurfaces of simultaneity for a class of travelling twins, from the `Immediate Turn-around' case, through the `Gradual Turn-around' case, to the `Uniformly Accelerating' case. We show that this definition of simultaneity is independent of choice of coordinates, and assigns a unique time to any event (with which the travelling twin can send and receive signals), resolving some common misconceptions.
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Chukchi Myths perspective on Special Relativity
Chukchi mythology provides a perspective for teaching special relativity that prioritizes absolute structures such as proper time over relative ones to reduce the sense of revolutionary mystery.