Einstein and special relativity

1,889 views · Published 11 September 2009 · 5:12 · Indexed 5 October 2026

Channel: OpenLearn from The Open University · 2009 · Education

Watch on YouTube

For more like this subscribe to the Open University channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXsH4hSV_kEdAOsupMMm4Qw

Free learning from The Open University http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/science-maths-technology

---

This famous theory connects time and motion. Presenter Robert Llewellyn and British athlete Kriss Akabusi hit the track to show how speed actually slows down time.

---

Study 'The physical world' with the OU http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/course/s207.htm

Explore qualifications in Science with the OU http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/science/index.htm 

---

More from this channel

• 1:02 The Royal Art collection - The Louvre (1/6)

  OpenLearn from The Open University

  2,256 views · 24 June 2008

• 1:14 Il Redentore/Sokollo Mehmet Pasha: contrast in architectural design - Religious architecture (5/5)

  OpenLearn from The Open University

  3,838 views · 24 June 2008

• 2:25 Looking for phytoplankton - Phytoplankton and flagellates (2/3)

  OpenLearn from The Open University

  3,112 views · 25 June 2008

• 1:06 Advantages of re-designing - People-centred designing (8/10)

  OpenLearn from The Open University

  1,377 views · 25 June 2008

• 1:35 Lake Baikal: influences on the environment (3/8)

  OpenLearn from The Open University

  514 views · 27 June 2008

• 3:00 Lake Baikal: the impact of industry (2/8)

  OpenLearn from The Open University

  1,153 views · 27 June 2008

• 2:11 Lake Baikal: the economic importance of industry (7/8)

  OpenLearn from The Open University

  625 views · 27 June 2008

• 1:20 Lake Baikal: treating the water (5/8)

  OpenLearn from The Open University

  388 views · 27 June 2008