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Harvey Brown, Oxford University, UK
Why do rods contract? Extending John Bell's "Lorentzian Pedagogy" into general relativity

In 1976, John S Bell argued that the teaching of special relativity should avoid "premature philosophizing about space and time" and draw attention to the internal dynamics of rods and clocks. (Bell's "Lorentzian pedagogy" does NOT entail the existence of a privileged frame.) The issue addressed in this talk is whether such a view can be upheld in general relativity. I will attempt to shed light on the matter by comparing general relativity with alternative, bimetric theories, such as Bekenstein's T*e*V*e*S theory.

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