Re: How do you know that acceleration is absolute? <eom>
- From: "Ken S. Tucker" <dynamics@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 1 May 2005 10:06:11 -0700
FrediFizzx wrote:
> "Ken S. Tucker" <dynamics@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> | So that's where I find the first credible scientific
> | challenge to the idea acceleration is absolute, and
> | in my experience have found every reason to accept
> | acceleration as relative.
> | I'll stop pending others thoughts...
> | Ken S. Tucker
>
> So does this mean that GR says acceleration is not absolute?
That's what I interprete, see that pg 114 (Dover's PoR),
down about 3/4's of the page, "equal right to be looked
upon as *stationary*". That means that in a CS wherein
an accelometer would read non-zero, such as you sitting
at you desk, you have the right to regard yourself as
stationary.
>What about "jerk"? ;-)
Ha, ok, suppose you're driving along in your car and
you hit a big bump, you can still regard yourself as
at rest and find the Earth jerked downward relatively
to you.
Regards
Ken S. Tucker
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