July 18th, 2012
Courtesy of Galley Friend A.W.:
What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?
The answer turns out to be “a lot of things”, and they all happen very quickly, and it doesn’t end well for the batter (or the pitcher). I sat down with some physics books, a Nolan Ryan action figure, and a bunch of videotapes of nuclear tests and tried to sort it all out. What follows is my best guess at a nanosecond-by-nanosecond portrait . . .
Don’t miss it.
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