Physics 62.1 Understanding Space, Time & Relativity (15 of 55) Why Distance & Time are Relative

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Channel: Michel van Biezen · 2018 · Education

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In this video I will explain how an observer A (on Earth) and observer B (on a space ship v=0.99c) see and experience distance and length differently. As v increases towards c, distances to all objects in the universe shrink and everything appears closer to observer B.

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