One of the most famous paradoxes of all of physics – who's older? Who's younger? and WHY? ***** Thanks to The Great Courses Plus (free trial here: [ Ссылка ]) for supporting MinutePhysics *****
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This video is about the famous “Twins paradox” of special relativity, how time can appear to be faster for two different observers at the same time, and which twin really is older (or younger) – the one who stays on earth or the one who flies in a rocket ship to the stars?
Music by Nathaniel Schroeder, [ Ссылка ]
REFERENCES
Muon lifetime and time dilation/relativity: [ Ссылка ]
MinutePhysics video about Time Rotations & Einstein: [ Ссылка ]
Experimental test of time dilation using doppler shift of light: [ Ссылка ]
Lorentz Transformations: [ Ссылка ]
Relativity of Simultaneity: [ Ссылка ]
Paper on twin paradox under constant acceleration: [ Ссылка ]
Taking Cesium atomic clocks aboard airplanes: [ Ссылка ]
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