Re: Relativity for the non scientific


"fmardini" <f.mardini@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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:> "Start at the very beginning, a very good place to start." Julie Andrews,
I
: indeed it is :)
: > think
: > it was, that sang that.
: > Anyway, here's what you are looking for.
: > http://www.androcles01.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Smart/Smart.htm
:
: looks interesting but with i see a lot of equations and i am sure they
: ain't gonna like that
: i was thinking along the lines of discussing some of the consequences
: of the theory of relativity that could be appreciated by the layman --
: the space time continuum, gravity, etc.
: I was planning on leading with the question "Do clocks measure time,
: or is time that what clocks measure??!"

It's got pictures. <shrug>
It's also got:

'we establish by definition that the "time" required by light to travel from
A to B equals the "time" it requires to travel from B to A' because I SAY SO
and I'm
the great genius Einstein, YOU STUPID LITTLE PEOPLE. -- Albert Einstein.
Then the equations begin and out pops all the crank stuff you want to
talk about but don't understand because you are layman.

That's relativity for the non-scientific.

Why not talk about horoscopes and palmistry and black magic,
it's just as stupid to listen to Madame Gaga with her crystal ball
as any relativist?


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