The fundamentals of space-time: Part 1 - Andrew Pontzen and Tom Whyntie
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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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Space Ed helps you untangle the mysteries of space with the universe’s best videos on everything from Einstein's theory of relativity to what it would take to live on Mars. Brush up on the science, philosophy and mystery of space, because the fabric of the universe is the same fabric that connects us all.
Meet The Creators
- Narrator Tom Whyntie, Andrew Pontzen
- Director Patrick Semple, Mark Fisher
- Producer Daniel Spencer
