"Floyd Baker" wrote in message news

Hi... I tried once before with some limited success but was overcome
by things over my head. Not necessarily unable to visualize, but I do
not know the language you guys speak.

So can I ask a few simple yes or no questions and work my way into
this? I'll get a little more defined once I know if my original
concepts are fairly straight. No qualifications now... g I know
that will be hard but my questions are simple. I just want to know
when I hit a no.. Thanks.


When an object increases in speed, during acceleration, does the
object 'shrink' in size, relative to a motionless observer.

Yes, with each measurement (by the observer) of the size of the
object along the line of motion, this size will turn out to be
smaller than the size given during the previous measurement.


Once the object arrives at the intended velocity, and stops
accelerating, does its size stop reducing relative to the observer?

Yes.


Does an object shrinking occur in all directions, as opposed to only
the direction of travel?

Only in the direction of travel.


If not, I would like to know why.

If yes, is the shrinking the result of the object's atoms all
shrinking?

No one knows *why*. We do know that it happens, and
that it is related to the way we measure lengths (and times).


Do they shrink because the electrons find a longer path, a spiral path
instead of a circle, that is brought about by the acceleration or
deceleration?

We don't know which paths electrons follow, we don't
even know *whether* they follow paths.
So the remainder of your questions is, alas, not relevant.

Dirk Vdm