OK so it is. What is time depends on where you are---- And what is distance, you got it...depends on your frame of reference-
First, a note about Al!
Einstein was a failure.
His teachers hated him, he was difficult to manage. Not fun to have in a classroom. In fact, his recommendations from his PHD advisers were, at best, hesitant.
He ended up with a job as a patent clerk, which he loved. Easy work, lots of time to think, and the pay wasn't bad. Then in 1905 everything changed----
FIVE physics shattering articles published in a single year, at the age of 23!
Clearly, it was time for Einstein to thrive. In a course of twelve months, at age 23, in 1905, this patent clerk issued five papers on fairly esoteric items- like Brownian motion, like the basics of relativity. The Physics world stood up and took notice, and the legend of Albert Einstein had begun.
Step 1: Sorry Issac, you're just wrong.....
Al apologizes to Issac Newton, saying, your three laws- you know.... the apple, gravity, acceleration and all that stuff- wonderful but not quite right.
Issac, you gotta think about what happens when you're in a moving object, moving faster and faster, almost to the speed of light....?
Nothing says it better than Al himself.......saying-
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Great Books and DVDs on....
Not to miss books...not to miss DVDs-----take a peek!
 | Einstein: His Life and Universe (Book)
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Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity provides a lucid and thoroughly modern introduction to general relativity. With an accessible and lively writing styl...more
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 | Relativity: An introduction to space-time physics (Book)
Provides the essential principles and results of special relativity as required by undergraduates. The text uses a geometric interpretation of space-time so that a general theory ...more
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 | NOVA - The Elegant Universe (DVD)
Explores the superstring theory which attempts to unite general relativity and quantum mechanics.Genre: DocumentaryRating: NRRelease Date: 20-JAN-2004Media Type: DVD
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 | NOVA: Einstein Revealed (DVD)
Albert Einstein is probably the most famous scientist in history, but how much do we really know about him besides the hair, the bomb, and relativity? In Einstein Revealed, NOVA g...more
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 | Modern Physics for Non-Scientists (Einstein's Relativity and the Quantum Revolution) (4 DVDs) (DVD)
(Includes 4 DVDs, 24 lectures by Professor Richard Wolfson of Dartmouth College. Each lecture is 30 minutes in length.) Relativity and quantum physics touch the very basis of phys...more
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A survey about relativity.....
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