This activity
is aimed at KS4 and above and gives a gentle introduction to Einstein's
theory of relativity (special and general) by discussing the nature
of light and the implications that a constant speed of light has
for an observer in the universe.
Do
the laws of physics change when we move - what happens when we consider
light?
The talk uses multi-media
simulations along with hands-on demonstrations and is based around
the realities, or otherwise, of constructing a time machine and
asks whether it is possible to
See into the past
See into the future
Travel into the past
Travel into the future
On the journey
there will be a discussion of time of travel for light, space flight,
cosmology, curved space and how to use it to make
= 2 exactly (much easier to remember!) and wormholes.
And here's a video
clip of our wormhole!
We ask "What
would happen in a Universe where time travel was a practical technology?"
Mass
tells space how to curve and the curvature tells mass how to move
Need an application - GPS uses
relativity all the time!
GPS
needs corrections from both special and general relativity