https://gdpark.blog/tags/time-dilation/Recent content in Time Dilation on gdpark.blogHugoenFri, 05 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/modern-physics-01-time-dilation-in-special-relativity/Thu, 20 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/modern-physics-01-time-dilation-in-special-relativity/A fun dive into Einstein’s special relativity — covering the two postulates and why time itself literally has to slow down to keep the speed of light constant. hehehttps://gdpark.blog/posts/modern-physics-02-the-relativistic-doppler-effect/Thu, 20 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/modern-physics-02-the-relativistic-doppler-effect/We connect the classic Doppler effect to time dilation, and it turns out moving really fast changes the frequency you perceive even when you’re not getting closer or farther away!https://gdpark.blog/posts/modern-physics-03-length-contraction-in-special-relativity/Thu, 20 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/modern-physics-03-length-contraction-in-special-relativity/Muons from cosmic rays should die way before reaching Earth — so why do we detect them?! It all comes down to length contraction and time dilation in special relativity!https://gdpark.blog/posts/modern-physics-04-the-twin-paradox-in-special-relativity/Thu, 20 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/modern-physics-04-the-twin-paradox-in-special-relativity/Finally cracking the twin paradox using length contraction — whoever changed direction was the one actually moving, and the math totally checks out hehe.https://gdpark.blog/posts/special-relativity-06-time-dilation-and-length-contraction/Fri, 05 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/special-relativity-06-time-dilation-and-length-contraction/Using spacetime’s weird geometry — and a Pythagorean theorem I totally named myself lol — to show why time dilates and lengths contract when you’re moving fast.