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Published online 30 July 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030728-3
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General relativity sinks submarine
Gravity solves paradox raised by Einstein's theory.
A Brazilian physicist has resolved a paradox thrown up by Einstein's theory of relativity1.
According to the theory, objects travelling at close to the speed of light appear to get shorter when viewed by stationary observers.
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