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Gravity In Terms Of Space-Time

A brief explanation of the relationship between Space & Time.

  • Drue
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  • Date 6/7/2008 12:48:24 AM
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keithho : LVL 12: VP 2.1: said:

keithho

31 votes NegativePositive

394 days 10 hours ago...

educational and enlighting. 5/5

Muufley : LVL 44: VP 5: said:

Muufley

56 votes NegativePositive

394 days 10 hours ago...

So where`s the rest of it???

hydroquebec : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

hydroquebec

Hidden (Show Comment) -14 votes

394 days 8 hours ago...

FUnny but Einstein didn`t won the nobel prize for the theory of relativity :-P SURPRISE!!!

funberg : LVL 44: VP 5: said:

funberg

14 votes NegativePositive

394 days 8 hours ago...

A cool thing that doesn`t get brought up enough in these shows is the fact that the further away from a gravitational event, the slower time moves.

dilated : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

dilated

44 votes NegativePositive

394 days 7 hours ago...

^sorry im going to need another 4 minutes clip for that one

NinjaKid : LVL 30: VP 3.9: said:

NinjaKid

43 votes NegativePositive

392 days 1 hour ago...

^im going to need another 5 minutes for that one (further away)

ballbag : LVL 14: VP 2.3: said:

ballbag

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392 days ago...

anyone feel like the dude around 2:40 was just sorta making it up as he spoke, and isn`t a physicist at all?

jarcaf : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

jarcaf

17 votes NegativePositive

392 days ago...

^Neil deGrasse Tyson? No way! He`s a genius... although he is a little abstract in this clip.

iislik : LVL 12: VP 2.1: said:

iislik

35 votes NegativePositive

391 days 22 hours ago...

2:14: either this guy really graps the concept of einsteins theory, or he`s trippin on acid...

mateohrastn7 : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

mateohrastn7

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391 days 22 hours ago...

The only way we could prove time`s relativity is if we send a giant clock light years away and we look at it with a telescope and check if the time on our watch is equal as that one in the distance.

Because maybe time at my place goes slower but then my clock, my brain, and everything else goes slower too. I can`t see that on a clock.

Neruo_ : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

Neruo_

3 votes NegativePositive

391 days 22 hours ago...

General relativity has been proven experimentally. At least, I recall that they did mention that in `a brief history of time`, the Stephen Hawkins book.

mph_ragnarok : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

mph_ragnarok

21 votes NegativePositive

391 days 22 hours ago...

That last statement was BS " einstein received the nobel price in 1921"

BUT IT had nothing to do with relativity ! It was for the photoelectric effect ...These bastards sorta seriously implied the wrong thing here in this video.

TeflonMonkey : LVL 20: VP 2.9: said:

TeflonMonkey

8 votes NegativePositive

391 days 21 hours ago...

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."

-- Albert Einstein

Shadowflare : LVL 22: VP 3.1: said:

Shadowflare

2 votes NegativePositive

391 days 19 hours ago...

This is the first time this concept has actually made total sense to me. Thanks for posting it. 5/5.

k96gnome : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

k96gnome

6 votes NegativePositive

391 days 18 hours ago...

@ mateohrastn7
Are you trying to say that time dilation hasn`t been observed? Then I suggest you should ignore all the gps`s out there that would fall 7 microseconds behind clocks on the ground per day if they didn`t account for the effects of Special Relativity.

But general retivity also plays a roll in the time dilation of clocks aboard gps satellites with curvature of spacetime due to the Earth`s mass at the satellites orbit less than it is at the Earth`s surface. calculating this shows that the clocks on the satellite should be ticking 45 microseconds FASTER per day than clocks on the ground

Taking in both these relativity calculations shows us that the clocks on the satellites are ticking 38 microseconds faster per day (45-7=38) and if we werent aware of thise, gps`s in cars, planes, etc would quickly become highly innacurate

Your onstar and garmen`s are all proof of the effects of Special Relativity

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