Public Science Lectures 11/22/10: Einstein's Relativity


Professor Tereasa Brainerd of Boston University discusses some of the fascinating, and perhaps unsettling, consequences of Einstein's theories of Special Relativity and General Relativity. How do two observers, one moving with respect to the other, experience different perceptions of time and distance? ; How does gravity affect time and space? Is time travel possible?

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2011-01-12T17:36:00