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 the worldlines of objects moving at a constant speed. What would a worldline look like for someone who starts out sitting down, walks across the room, then sits down again? What would a worldline look like for a smoothly accelerating car? Try thinking of other objects that you could draw worldlines for and draw them. Get your classmates to guess what it is you’ve drawn.
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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
