The Clock Paradox in Relativity Theory

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Apr 1951

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Nature, Volume 167, Issue 4252, pp. 680 (1951).

Physics

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THE relativistic phenomenon of `time dilatation' is usually taken as showing that, if R,M are two observers initially at rest on, say, the earth, and if M makes a journey and rejoins R who remains at rest, then the duration of M's journey is shorter in M's reckoning than in R's. However, it can then be pointed out that we are apparently concerned only with the relative motion of R,M and that consequently M could regard himself as remaining at rest and R as performing a journey. In that case, the duration of the journey should apparently be shorter in R's reckoning. Since both conclusions cannot be correct, we have a paradox.

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