given that you ran in a straight line and couldnt bump into anything.
2006-08-04 05:29:49 · 26 answers · asked by adam 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
I don't know. Seems like a lot of trouble to go to when a couple of mirrors would enable you to do the same thing.
2006-08-04 05:43:39 · answer #1 · answered by Frog Five 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can't.. that is move that fast, fundamental flaw in the hypothesis. Assuming the hypothetical situation, No.
A: Light will not bend to the feeble amount of gravity of the earth.
B: By Einstein's relativity equations an object traveling at the speed of light, emmiting light in the opposite direction will still only have their reative speed difference that of 'c'.
C: Look up Einstein.
2006-08-06 12:24:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Supposedly but the simple truth is that the speed of light is absolute and unsurpassable. Also as you reach the speed of light your mass would increase exponentially thus making it harder to run or indeed travel anywhere near that speed.. In essence in the land of fiction and makebelieve taking only into account 'rudimentary physics' then yes in throry yopu would but it could never happen in practice.
Good luck though, let me know how you get on lol
2006-08-04 12:38:01 · answer #3 · answered by A O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
As you approached the speed of light you would start to see the back of your head eventually, but after that the synapses (nerves) in your brain wouldn't be able to process the information fast enough, and you'd only see residule images, if anything at all.
Bearing in mind at that speed you'd have lapped the world approx. 30 times in 1 second!
2006-08-04 12:44:01 · answer #4 · answered by TK 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I don't think you could actually see the back of your head because you are running at a speed of light.
2006-08-04 12:39:32 · answer #5 · answered by Lilian S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can see the back of my head now, and it only took a fifth of JD.
Can't run in a straight line though, cause I keep bumping into things.
Therefore having tested your supposition in laboratory conditions I must assume your theory is flawed.
Sorry, what was your question?
2006-08-04 12:36:24 · answer #6 · answered by Simon D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, since you are traveling around the earth and the light reflected off you travels tangent to the earth. But at that speed would your eyes even focus light anyway?
2006-08-04 12:35:49 · answer #7 · answered by frofus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if einstein was wrong, you'd also have to be extremely supermassive with an infinite mass to go to just the speed of light! So maybe you'd be too big to actually get up to that speed.. a kind of weight paradox if you will!
2006-08-04 12:37:24 · answer #8 · answered by bigscary_monster 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you would not be able to see the back of your head, because the back of your head would be travelling at the same speed as the rest of your body.
2006-08-04 12:53:22 · answer #9 · answered by Gareth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There lies the rub sir. i have no inkling at all, what i do have though is two mirrors, held at a particular angle you should be able to acheive this feat of looking at the back of your head without recourse to the amount of exertion required in taking a `quick run round the block` which, in my opinion is quite unlikely.
2006-08-04 13:43:49 · answer #10 · answered by wheelrim 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋