Bill McCann
Bill McCann | |
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| Known for | Critique of the twin paradox in special relativity |
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| Fields | Physics (relativity) |
Bill McCann is an author known for a critique of the twin paradox of Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity. He is listed in The Worldwide List of Dissident Scientists.
Work
McCann is the author of the paper "The Fallacy in the Twin Paradox," circulated through the General Science Journal and posted on Academia.edu. In it he argues that the twin paradox is a "falsidical" paradox that rests on a hidden assumption. He proposes that the units used to measure time and space must be defined separately for each inertial frame, and contends that when this is done the travelling twin returns the same age as the earthbound twin. On that basis he argues that time dilation "does not correspond to any reality." This position lies outside the accepted interpretation of special relativity, in which the differential ageing of the twins is a standard and experimentally supported result.