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I apologise to those readers who are also two seconds away from being flattened by a stream train who may be offended by this cartoon.
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Chapter: Comics
└ Tags: Doppler, physics, Science

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Discussion (12) ¬

  1. Cameron
    August 16, 2010, 1:10 am | # | Reply

    This isn’t quite true; the Doppler effect only exists when you’re at an angle to the approaching sound source. If you’re directly in front of it, the (apparent) frequency remains the same (until you get hit by the train), then it decreases as the train gets further away.

    • Luke
      August 16, 2010, 7:11 am | # | Reply

      That’s why I made sure to say the train was /accelerating/ rather than simply travelling at a constant speed towards Mr. Doppler. I may be wrong, but I think this would give you a shift.

      • Cameron
        August 16, 2010, 8:18 am | #

        Of course! My humblest apologies. 😉

      • Anonymous
        August 25, 2010, 12:26 am | #

        Damn straight.

      • Blake
        September 1, 2010, 3:52 pm | #

        wow. a pun, even in his replies… genious

  2. Andrew
    August 16, 2010, 5:37 am | # | Reply

    @Cameron Well they aren’t point masses, so Doppler isn’t *directly* in front of the sound source. Still, it’s a legit complaint.

    I did like this comic though.

  3. Carlo
    August 16, 2010, 10:21 am | # | Reply

    So assuming that this is indeed THE Mr. Doppler, should we believe that he miraculously evaded certain doom and lived to tell the tale? And report his discovery? 🙂

  4. Aether
    August 16, 2010, 6:46 pm | # | Reply

    It’s ok. In my mind that train is about to hit 88 mph and travel through time.

    • Blake
      September 1, 2010, 3:53 pm | # | Reply

      probably the most underrated movie of all time… 🙂

  5. anonymous
    August 17, 2010, 12:20 pm | # | Reply

    So “Get outta the way asshole” was taken?

  6. Gerbrand
    August 17, 2010, 12:55 pm | # | Reply

    Should be a nice anecdote to tell in the to-be published article:
    “(…) We found that standing in front of an accelerating train made the sound of said train appear to increase in frequency. To repeat this finding, we devised a simple experiment involving trains and PHD-candidates to (…) And we specially thank the contributing authors of this article. May they rest in peace.”

  7. PLACENAMEHERE
    November 6, 2010, 10:18 pm | # | Reply

    Great!

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