Relativity of Time

Time and Relativity

Real Time Relativity: Exploratory learning of special relativity

“Real Time Relativity” is a computer program that lets users move at relativistic speeds through a simulated world populated with planets, clocks, and buildings. The counterintuitive and spectacular optical effects of relativity are prominent, while systematic exploration of the simulation allows the user to discover relativistic effects such as length contraction and the relativity of simultan...

Extending the Relativity of Time

More than 100 years ago, Einstein’s special relativity demonstrated that time is a relative notion. The observed rate of a moving clock differs from the rate of a stationary clock. In fact, the observed rate depends on the clock’s velocity. All admissible velocities are bounded by the speed of light. These predictions of special relativity have been verified experimentally in several different ...

Cultural Relativity of Moral Precepts

The foundation of most intellectual discourse is Western-centric to the exclusion of other views. This includes ideal patterns of social interaction, preference for aesthetic, accepted norms and values, and the concepts of dignity, respectability, morality and ethics. Such a position is culturally myopic. Western cultural influence colors all of them including moral precepts. The assumption is ...

Space-Time Relativity in Self-Motion Reproduction Abbreviated title: Perceptual space-time relativity

Experiments on reproducing imposed self-motion showed that not only final distance or angle of motion, but also the temporal profile are reproduced. Reproduction errors have been attributed to sensory inputs, inaccurate memorization of the motion variable, or motor errors. However, another possible source of error has so far been neglected. The internal time base for path integration or movemen...