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Time and Space

Year

2011

Language

ENGLISH

Duration

30m

Rating

TVPG

Author

null

Publication Information

The Great Courses

Summary

Einstein's special theory of relativity upends traditional notions of space and time. Solve the simple formulas that show the reality of time dilation and length contraction. Conclude by examining the twins paradox, discovering why one twin who travels to a star and then returns ages more slowly than the twin back on Earth.