Re: Langevin's paradox again

Richard Hachel <r.hachel@wanadou.fr> wrote:

Le 19/07/2024 à 23:21, nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) a écrit :

 
Why don't you ever read a book, or use standard terminology.

 
 

What you are talking about is called the proper velocity,
aka the celerity.
 
George Gamow was already making jokes about it
in Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland, (1940)
 
Jan

 
It is sometimes difficult to use standard terminology to say new things.

"Some of the things you say are original,
 and some of the thing you say are correct"
"Unfortunately the parts that are correct are not original,
 and the things that are original are not correct"

Jan