The Twins, the Mesons, and the Paradox

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Scientific Paper
Title The Twins, the Mesons, and the Paradox
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Author(s) Cynthia Kolb Whitney
Keywords Special Relativity, Time Dilation, Twin Paradox
Published 1997
Journal Apeiron
Volume 4
Number 2-3
No. of pages 6
Pages 104-109

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Abstract

Einstein's special theory of relativity has left us with an enduring topic of concern in its prediction of time dilation. This prediction appears well validated in the apparently slow decay of rapidly moving unstable particles. But the prediction also apparently leads to the well-known ?Twin Paradox?, which confounds ordinary logic. The present paper attempts to shed new light on this subject.