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ERIC Number: EJ088551
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1973
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On Teaching About Twins and Time
Hewitt, Paul G.
Physics Teacher, 11, 9, 519-522, Dec 73
Discusses a four-step instructional presentation in which the twin on the earth is demonstrated older than the twin aboard a spaceship on the basis of the relativistic Doppler effect. Concludes that both twins can meet again at the same place in space at the expense of time. (CC)
Descriptors: College Science, Instruction, Physics, Relativity, Science Education, Science Materials, Scientific Concepts, Teaching Methods
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