Friday, 17 July 2015

special relativity - Can a pushed plank beat light and break the laws of physics?



Imagine you are one lightyear away from a photon sensitive (light sensitive) switch. So it is obvious that light would take one year to reach to the switch. Now I have a one lightyear long plank. I simply point the plank towards the switch and press it. Now I just did work which light would take 1 year to do in a matter of seconds.


Now the question is, did I break the laws of physics?


Please do not give an answer like " it is impossible to make a plank this long ". Just think about it. Even I am thinking about this question right now.




No comments:

Post a Comment

Understanding Stagnation point in pitot fluid

What is stagnation point in fluid mechanics. At the open end of the pitot tube the velocity of the fluid becomes zero.But that should result...