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The ladder paradox (or barn-pole paradox) is a thought experiment in special relativity. It involves a ladder, parallel to the ground, travelling horizontally at relativistic speed (near the speed of light) and therefore undergoing a Lorentz length contraction .
Ladder paradox: Introductory relativity problem about a ladder, a barn, and simultaneity. Mocanu's velocity composition paradox: ...
Ladder paradox; P. Paradox of radiation of charged particles in a gravitational field; R. Rietdijk–Putnam argument; Right angle lever paradox; S. Supplee's paradox; T.
With their parents not home, they play a forbidden game, taking turns climbing to the top of a ladder in their barn and leaping from a crossbeam seventy feet (21 metres) in the air down into a haystack. The ladder is old and unsafe, but that is part of the thrill. On his last turn, Larry realizes that the ladder is on the point of letting go.
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