Very Early in His Thinking About Relativity, Einstein Asked Himself

question 28

Multiple Choice

Very early in his thinking about relativity, Einstein asked himself what a person would observe if he or she kept up with a lightbeam. In answer to this question, the theory of relativity states that

• A) the observer would suddenly undergo a sex change.
• B) this is not a valid question because a person cannot move as fast as a lightbeam.
• C) time would speed up without limit, and would pass at an "infinite" rate.
• D) the light beam would stand still and so time would stand still.
• E) the observer own would continue to observe the same laws of physics.

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