The fundamentals of space-time: Part 2 - Andrew Pontzen and Tom Whyntie
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Light always
travels at a speed of 299,792,458 meters per second. But if you're in
motion too, you're going to perceive it as traveling even faster --
which isn't possible! In
this second installment of a three-part series on space-time, CERN
scientists Andrew Pontzen and Tom Whyntie use a space-time diagram to
analyze the sometimes confounding motion of light.
All of the space-time diagrams we have drawn so far feature straight worldlines. What does this mean? What would a curved worldline on a space-time diagram represent?
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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
