I am looking for easy time dilation websites so I can understand it.
If anyone knows such websites, please help.
Thanks
If anyone knows such websites, please help.
Thanks
want to learn about time dilations
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Relativity is hard to describe in a simple way. Wikipedia and Simple English Wikipedia both have "easy" or "beginner" articles on it:
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_relativity
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_relativity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_relativity_for_beginners
And relativity in words of 4 letters or less: http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/txt/al.html
And the twin paradox, a nice easy example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_paradox
And OMG! Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland is the best physics book ever. Someone stuck the bit about relativity online: http://boomeria.org/physicslectures/secondsemester/relativity/tompkins.html With pictures! Enjoy!
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_relativity
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_relativity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_relativity_for_beginners
And relativity in words of 4 letters or less: http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/txt/al.html
And the twin paradox, a nice easy example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_paradox
And OMG! Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland is the best physics book ever. Someone stuck the bit about relativity online: http://boomeria.org/physicslectures/secondsemester/relativity/tompkins.html With pictures! Enjoy!
Marcus Chown's Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You provides an excellent, and clear explanation of the whole spectrum of quantum/relativitiy physics. In fact, I reckon Chown's explanation of time dilation is the first one I've come even close to fully understanding.
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Crash course as I understand it:
As you approach the speed of light, energy (energy of movement) converts to mass. So you will never reach the speed of light, but you will be getting heavier and heavier.
Apparently mass has something to do with gravity and time, so you literally become so heavy as you get faster, that time is warped (like a black hole). The theory is that time will pass much faster for you when you are in this state than people at a fixed location.
Or, the entire theory is wrong, which some people have made arguements for.
As you approach the speed of light, energy (energy of movement) converts to mass. So you will never reach the speed of light, but you will be getting heavier and heavier.
Apparently mass has something to do with gravity and time, so you literally become so heavy as you get faster, that time is warped (like a black hole). The theory is that time will pass much faster for you when you are in this state than people at a fixed location.
Or, the entire theory is wrong, which some people have made arguements for.
Well, actually, it is a theory. Just like gravity is a theory.
What you mean is that it isn't a hypothesis.
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