
Do things get more massive the faster they move?
Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
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The Hidden Factor of Momentum
momentum equals mass time velocity times gamma and gamma is basically one when we're standing still but it gets to infinity as we get closer to the speed of light exactly. Newton missed in momentum because for everything he measured and he saw it was just won so it didn't change any of his calculations. The universe is kind of like okay if you want to move something from your couch to your kitchen it's that's fine you can do that it's going to cost you this much but if you don't have a big enough force then things will go wrong.
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