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Our understanding of relativity and time dilation has come a long way since Einstein. And it is basically the reason your GPS works at all.
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Previous Episode:
WTF Are Paradoxes & How Do They Mess Up Time Travel?:
youtube.com/watch?v=NyEejdIGiUE
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The Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics:
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~kip/index.html
"Born in Logan Utah in 1940, Kip Thorne received his B.S. degree from Caltech in 1962 and his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1965. After two years of postdoctoral study, Thorne returned to Caltech as an Associate professor in 1967,"
Why We Should Keep Trying to Time Travel:
gizmodo.com/why-we-should-keep-trying-to-time-travel-1659754483
"H.G. Wells coined the term "time machine" all the way back in 1895, just a decade before Einstein published his groundbreaking paper on special relativity that would begin show how time travel is possible."
WHAT IS TIME DILATION?:
universetoday.com/129660/what-is-time-dilation
"One of the most interesting topics in the field of science is the concept of General Relativity. You know, this idea that strange things happen as you near the speed of light."
Real-World Relativity: The GPS Navigation System:
http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~pogge/Ast162/Unit5/gps.html
"People often ask me "What good is Relativity?" It is a commonplace to think of Relativity as an abstract and highly arcane mathematical theory that has no consequences for everyday life. This is in fact far from the truth."
Relativistic Effects in the Global Positioning System:
aapt.org/doorway/TGRU/articles/Ashbyarticle.pdf
"The Global Positioning System (GPS) provides a superb opportunity to introduce
relativity concepts to undergraduate students, including non-physics majors."
COSMONAUT SERGEI KRIKALEV, THE WORLD'S MOST PROLIFIC TIME TRAVELER:
universetoday.com/105650/cosmonaut-sergei-krikalev-the-worlds-most-prolific-time-traveler
"Is time travel a fact or is it just science fiction? Thanks to time dilation and Einstein's theory of relativity, we know that time travel can and actually does happen, albeit only in extremely tiny increments at the speeds and distances we can travel in space."
All the Evidence that Time Travel is Happening All Around Us:
io9.gizmodo.com/all-the-evidence-that-time-travel-is-happening-all-arou-1446262029
"This iconic footage of a person apparently talking on a cellphone in a Charlie Chaplin film is just one clue that time travel is happening all around us. People have seen the past, and the future - and there are tons of telltale photographs and films."
Time perception:
britannica.com/topic/time-perception
"Time perception, experience or awareness of the passage of time. The human experience of change is complex. One primary element clearly is that of a succession of events, but distinguishable events are separated by more or less lengthy intervals that are called durations."
New Quantum Theory Could Explain the Flow of Time:
wired.com/2014/04/quantum-theory-flow-time
"COFFEE COOLS, BUILDINGS crumble, eggs break and stars fizzle out in a universe that seems destined to degrade into a state of uniform drabness known as thermal equilibrium."
What is the speed of the Solar System?:
http://solar-center.stanford.edu/FAQ/Qsolsysspeed.html
"Or, how fast is the Sun (Solar System) hurling towards the constellation Hercules? From the book: _Guide to the Galaxy_, 1994; Henbest and Couper; Cambridge University Press. The Sun is moving towards Lambda Herculis at 20 kilometers per second or 12 miles per second."
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Episode 4 of 4
Check us out on Soundcloud! soundcloud.com/dnewsplus
Please Subscribe! bit.ly/28iQhYC
Discovery GO - smart.link/57ae195b47796
Science GO - smart.link/57ae1a34dd168
Our understanding of relativity and time dilation has come a long way since Einstein. And it is basically the reason your GPS works at all.
+ + + + + + + +
Previous Episode:
WTF Are Paradoxes & How Do They Mess Up Time Travel?:
youtube.com/watch?v=NyEejdIGiUE
+ + + + + + + +
The Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics:
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~kip/index.html
"Born in Logan Utah in 1940, Kip Thorne received his B.S. degree from Caltech in 1962 and his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1965. After two years of postdoctoral study, Thorne returned to Caltech as an Associate professor in 1967,"
Why We Should Keep Trying to Time Travel:
gizmodo.com/why-we-should-keep-trying-to-time-travel-1659754483
"H.G. Wells coined the term "time machine" all the way back in 1895, just a decade before Einstein published his groundbreaking paper on special relativity that would begin show how time travel is possible."
WHAT IS TIME DILATION?:
universetoday.com/129660/what-is-time-dilation
"One of the most interesting topics in the field of science is the concept of General Relativity. You know, this idea that strange things happen as you near the speed of light."
Real-World Relativity: The GPS Navigation System:
http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~pogge/Ast162/Unit5/gps.html
"People often ask me "What good is Relativity?" It is a commonplace to think of Relativity as an abstract and highly arcane mathematical theory that has no consequences for everyday life. This is in fact far from the truth."
Relativistic Effects in the Global Positioning System:
aapt.org/doorway/TGRU/articles/Ashbyarticle.pdf
"The Global Positioning System (GPS) provides a superb opportunity to introduce
relativity concepts to undergraduate students, including non-physics majors."
COSMONAUT SERGEI KRIKALEV, THE WORLD'S MOST PROLIFIC TIME TRAVELER:
universetoday.com/105650/cosmonaut-sergei-krikalev-the-worlds-most-prolific-time-traveler
"Is time travel a fact or is it just science fiction? Thanks to time dilation and Einstein's theory of relativity, we know that time travel can and actually does happen, albeit only in extremely tiny increments at the speeds and distances we can travel in space."
All the Evidence that Time Travel is Happening All Around Us:
io9.gizmodo.com/all-the-evidence-that-time-travel-is-happening-all-arou-1446262029
"This iconic footage of a person apparently talking on a cellphone in a Charlie Chaplin film is just one clue that time travel is happening all around us. People have seen the past, and the future - and there are tons of telltale photographs and films."
Time perception:
britannica.com/topic/time-perception
"Time perception, experience or awareness of the passage of time. The human experience of change is complex. One primary element clearly is that of a succession of events, but distinguishable events are separated by more or less lengthy intervals that are called durations."
New Quantum Theory Could Explain the Flow of Time:
wired.com/2014/04/quantum-theory-flow-time
"COFFEE COOLS, BUILDINGS crumble, eggs break and stars fizzle out in a universe that seems destined to degrade into a state of uniform drabness known as thermal equilibrium."
What is the speed of the Solar System?:
http://solar-center.stanford.edu/FAQ/Qsolsysspeed.html
"Or, how fast is the Sun (Solar System) hurling towards the constellation Hercules? From the book: _Guide to the Galaxy_, 1994; Henbest and Couper; Cambridge University Press. The Sun is moving towards Lambda Herculis at 20 kilometers per second or 12 miles per second."
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DNews Plus is built for enthusiastic science fans seeking out comprehensive conversations on the geeky topics they love. Host Trace Dominguez digs beyond the usual scope to deliver details, developments and opinions on advanced topics like AI, string theory and Mars exploration. DNews Plus is also offered as an audio podcast on Soundcloud.
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Trace Dominguez on Twitter twitter.com/TraceDominguez
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