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How can a downhill skier move faster than a sky diver? Angelo Armenti Jr. Citation: The Physics Teacher 22, 109 (1984); doi: 10.1119/1.2341482 View online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.2341482 View Table of Contents: http://scitation.aip.org/content/aapt/journal/tpt/22/2?ver=pdfcov Published by the American Association of Physics Teachers Articles you may be interested in The Mpemba effect: When can hot water freeze faster than cold? Am. J. Phys. 74, 514 (2006); 10.1119/1.2186331 Method of handling the divergences in the radiation theory of sources that move faster than their waves J. Math. Phys. 40, 4331 (1999); 10.1063/1.532970 Why does nothing move faster than light? Because ahead is ahead! Am. J. Phys. 58, 889 (1990); 10.1119/1.16343 CERN measures particles moving faster than the speed of light Phys. Today National newspapers react to claim that neutrinos move faster than light Phys. Today ; 10.1063/PT.4.0264 This article is copyrighted as indicated in the article. Reuse of AAPT content is subject to the terms at: http://scitation.aip.org/termsconditions. Downloaded to IP: 152.7.27.132 On: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 23:09:11

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How can a downhill skier move faster than a sky diver?Angelo Armenti Jr. Citation: The Physics Teacher 22, 109 (1984); doi: 10.1119/1.2341482 View online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.2341482 View Table of Contents: http://scitation.aip.org/content/aapt/journal/tpt/22/2?ver=pdfcov Published by the American Association of Physics Teachers Articles you may be interested in The Mpemba effect: When can hot water freeze faster than cold? Am. J. Phys. 74, 514 (2006); 10.1119/1.2186331 Method of handling the divergences in the radiation theory of sources that move faster than their waves J. Math. Phys. 40, 4331 (1999); 10.1063/1.532970 Why does nothing move faster than light? Because ahead is ahead! Am. J. Phys. 58, 889 (1990); 10.1119/1.16343 CERN measures particles moving faster than the speed of light Phys. Today National newspapers react to claim that neutrinos move faster than light Phys. Today ; 10.1063/PT.4.0264

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