A study is made of the possibility of considering the kinematic effects of the special theory of relativity--the contraction of length of moving bodies and the retardation of the rate of moving clocks--as the result of the action of the forces which hold the body in static equilibrium or which accelerate it during its transfer to another coordinate system. A number of illustrative examples are given.

@article{Feinberg:1975,
	author = {E. L. Feinberg},
	title = {Can the relativistic change in the scales of length and time be considered the result of the action of certain forces?},
	publisher = {Physics-Uspekhi},
	year = {1975},
	journal = {Phys. Usp.},
	volume = {18},
	number = {8},
	pages = {624-635},
	url = {https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1975/8/e/},
	doi = {10.1070/PU1975v018n08ABEH004917}
}