Time travel is a staple of science fiction stories, but is it actually possible? It turns out nature does allow a way of bending time, an exciting possibility suggested by Albert Einstein when he discovered special relativity over one hundred years ago. Colin Stuart imagines where (or, when) this fascinating phenomenon, time dilation, may one day take us.
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- 1.the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole."travel through space and time"
- 2.a point of time as measured in hours and minutes past midnight or noon."the time is 9.30"
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How
often do you think about time?
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Seneca
said: "Time discovers truth." Do you agree? |
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Einstein
said: "The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at
once." What do you think of this quote? |
How many seconds did Sergei Krikalev time travel into his
own future?
A 0.01 seconds
B 0.02 seconds
C 0.03 seconds
D 0.04 seconds
What effect might make significant time travel to future
commonplace one day?
A Time alleviation
B Time relaxation
C Time dilation
D Time degradation
In which theory does Albert Einstein put forward his ideas
on the nature of time?
A Special relativity
B General relativity
C Clock relativity
D Space relativity
If you travelled around space at 99.9999% of the speed of
light, for what seemed to you like 10 years, roughly what would be the year on
Earth when you got back?
A 2900
B 4090
C 7990
D 9000
Writing
Think about what it might be like for someone from the 21st century arriving back to Earth in the year 9000. Can you see any problems they might encounter? Imagine if someone from 7000 years ago arrived now.
Write down your thoughts about this.
or
If you could time travel, would you rather travel to the the future or the past?
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