Bingo :D Thanks :o At 17.03 2011.09.26, you wrote: >On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Electron wrote= : > >> >> By the way, could anybody explain this (IMHO) Relativity paradox? >> >> first of all: >> "Ether doesn't exist" =3D TRUE, relativity says. OK. >> >> now, I am in a spaceship, I orbit around the Earth at very high >> speed for a certain time, when I'm back home all other people >> (which resided on the Earth) look older than I am. Thus time in >> my spaceship was slowed, or on the Earth it was quickened. >> But relativity says that it could have been the Earth to orbit >> very quickly around my spaceship, or my spaceship around it.. >> as all is relative and NO ETHER (fixed space coordinates) EXISTS! >> >> To me this sounds very contraddictory! >> >> Is there any convincing explanation for that, that doesn't break >> neither relativity theory nor asks me to have faith in something? >> >> Cheers, >> Mario >> >> >This is also know as the Twins Paradox. Wikipedia < >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_paradox> has a good explanation that >includes the interesting phrase "according to a naive application of time >dilation , each should >paradoxically find the other to hav= e >aged more slowly." It then goes on to explain in pedantic detail, the >resolution of the paradox. > >Carey Fisher >--=20 >http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >View/change your membership options at >http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .