The fundamentals of space-time: Part 1 - Andrew Pontzen and Tom Whyntie
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Let’s Begin…
Space is where things happen. Time is
when things happen. And sometimes, in order to really look at the
universe, you need to take those two concepts and mash them together. In
this first lesson of a three-part series on space-time, hilarious hosts
Andrew Pontzen and Tom Whyntie go through the basics of space and time
individually, and use a flip book to illustrate how we can begin to look
at them together.
We showed worldlines for single objects moving at constant speeds. What about the worldlines of two objects colliding with each other? How would you represent these on a spacetime diagram? What happens at the end of a worldline?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Andrew Pontzen, Tom Whyntie
- Director Patrick Semple, Mark Fisher
- Producer Daniel Spencer
- Narrator Andrew Pontzen, Tom Whyntie
