Redshift Rendezvous
Aboard the hyperspace liner Redshift, the first sign of trouble is the apparent suicide of a passenger. When first officer Jason Kraft discovers that she was murdered, Kraft wants to know why. Before long, a desperate group of people tries to use the hyperspace craft for their evil purposes, and Kraft is the only person in their way. From the PASSENGER GUIDE. WARNING: Read This Guide Before Boarding the Redshift. The environment aboard a hyperspace craft is quite safe as long as you are careful. The management reminds you that the speed of light on board this craft is ten meters per second, or about 30 million times slower than what you are used to. This means you will frequently encounter relativistic effects and optical illusions...
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- Also see Redshift Rendezvous by John E. Stith. It's a novel, not a tutorial, but relativistic effects play a major part at several points.
- Redshift Rendezvous (I forget who wrote it) has alternate physics you can step into where the speed of light is 30 m/s. You can get relativistic effects while jogging. (I mean, I guess that's just the same physics with one of the parameters changed, but it changes quite a bit...)
- They got "Redshift Rendezvous"! Great!
For those who haven't read it, spaceships create an environment where the speed of light is much slower - the write-up says 30 m/s; my memory is that it's more like 10 m/s, because people were able to sprint moderately close to the speed of light. In this world, you experience relativistic effects just walking around. It does a great job letting you experience what that would be like.
- I remember reading a science fiction novel based on a similar idea perhaps 20 years ago. It was pretty good.
http://www.amazon.com/Redshift-Rendezvous-John-Stith/dp/1880...
- Another recommendation for Redshift Rendezvous. It REALLY is science fiction, and not just fiction (most things classified "sci-fi" these days are pure fantasy; where's the science in e.g. Star Wars?).
It's a good story, (acceptably) good science (for a story book), and if I recall correctly from 20 years ago, very well written.
- The book Redshift Rendezvous from 1990 explores this idea. (TBH the story is a little clunky, but if you like to see someone look at the physics in depth, it's pretty interesting.)
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1382560.Redshift_Rend...
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