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http://www.lanewsmonitor.com/news/Einsteins-Theory-of-Relativity-Gets-Proof-1285419163/
Albert Einstein will never be forgotten nor will ever be his theory of relativity. There have been unlimited speculations and studies on this theory and it has been implemented in various fields of life time and time again. Of the many prophecies made based on assumptions of the theory of relativity, none are as intriguing as the one made by the great man himself.
He had said that if a pair of twin siblings were observed then it would make for a very important observation. If one of them went on a trip via a rocket around the universe he would return much younger than his sibling who stayed at home.
And now scientists have taken that observation one step farther. They have thrown the requirement of the rocket out the window. They now say that even if the traveler came back from a grocery shopping visit via a car driving at rather low speeds, then also he would be younger than the one at home. Only problem is that the difference of age would be just too darn tiny to notice.
On the contrary, a twin pair staying at very high altitudes are subject to the exact opposite of this phenomenon. it is just a theory of general relativity that time travels quicker on high altitudes due to the absence of gravity. And even that has been taken a step further as scientists now claim the same to hold true at any altitude above sea level.
These experiments that led to such conclusions were undertaken under the watchful eye of James Chin Wen Chou. Chou is a researcher of postdoctoral merit at the Colorado Institute of National Standards & Technology. His explanation was simple enough. He said relativity was part of our daily lives and hence it resonates with us.
Pretty interesting. I like how science works sometimes not in giant grandiose leaps but in almost imperceptible tics
Albert Einstein will never be forgotten nor will ever be his theory of relativity. There have been unlimited speculations and studies on this theory and it has been implemented in various fields of life time and time again. Of the many prophecies made based on assumptions of the theory of relativity, none are as intriguing as the one made by the great man himself.
He had said that if a pair of twin siblings were observed then it would make for a very important observation. If one of them went on a trip via a rocket around the universe he would return much younger than his sibling who stayed at home.
And now scientists have taken that observation one step farther. They have thrown the requirement of the rocket out the window. They now say that even if the traveler came back from a grocery shopping visit via a car driving at rather low speeds, then also he would be younger than the one at home. Only problem is that the difference of age would be just too darn tiny to notice.
On the contrary, a twin pair staying at very high altitudes are subject to the exact opposite of this phenomenon. it is just a theory of general relativity that time travels quicker on high altitudes due to the absence of gravity. And even that has been taken a step further as scientists now claim the same to hold true at any altitude above sea level.
These experiments that led to such conclusions were undertaken under the watchful eye of James Chin Wen Chou. Chou is a researcher of postdoctoral merit at the Colorado Institute of National Standards & Technology. His explanation was simple enough. He said relativity was part of our daily lives and hence it resonates with us.
Pretty interesting. I like how science works sometimes not in giant grandiose leaps but in almost imperceptible tics
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