Space, Time and Einstein
Offered By: Columbia University via World Science U
Course Description
Overview
Join a visual and conceptual introduction to Einstein's spectacular insights into space, time and energy. For a mathematical introduction to Special Relativity check out Special Relativity.
Syllabus
- Scale
- Speed
- The Speed of Light
- Relativity of Simultaneity
- Time in Motion
- How Fast Does Time Slow?
- Time Dilation: Experimental Evidence
- The Reality of Past, Present, and Future
- Time Dilation: Intuitive Explanation
- Motion’s Effect on Space
- The Pole in the Barn Paradox
- The Twin Paradox
- Implications for Mass: Intuitive Explanation
- Space, Time and Einstein—Course Recap
Taught by
Brian Greene
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