Wednesday, October 20, 2010

what are special and general relatvity?

the newest installment of sixty symbols shows a discussion of the difference between special and general relativity. brady also asks what physical constant we might change if given the opportunity.

2 comments:

Big Mark 243 said...

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Did I tell you how much I enjoy your blog..?

Charlie said...

Regarding "changing the constants", I immediately went in a different direction: If you set c = 1, then the fundamental purpose of E=mc^2 becomes much more obvious: E=m Energy is matter; matter is energy.

Not quite what they meant, I'm sure, but I am fascinated with the idea that changing our scales or systems of measurement can elucidate or obscure the meaning behind the math.