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Barry Phipps tells Plus how he bridges the gap between the arts and sciences as an exhibition curator.

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June 2008
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time dilation

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Most of us are aware that Einstein proved that everything was relative ... or something like that. But we go no further, believing that we aren't clever enough to understand what he did. Hardeep Aiden sets out to persuade readers that they too can understand an idea as elegantly simple as it was original.

Tags: Einstein : special relativity : time dilation : relative velocity : inertial frame : muon : twin paradox : relativity


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Einstein proved correct, ..... again!

Tags: Doppler shift : Einstein : special relativity : time dilation


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Mathematicians give green light for time machine

Tags: physics : general relativity : special relativity : time dilation : relativity : time travel