March 4, 2007

Gravity vs the Spacetime Continuum

Here is Brian Greene, author of the best seller The Elegant Universe, explaining how our experience of a "force" of gravity is ultimately an illusion, since there is no actual force. Don't worry if you don't quite follow; we'll go over this in more detail later on in the semester.


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3 comments:

Mike said...

The part with Einstein's eyes moving was pretty crazy.

Anonymous said...

The explanation of is logical however it still might not be the case withought furthar justification (like proof). This is no better than saying that the sun being destroyed would create a black hole wich would continue to pull the earth and other planets.

Jen said...

The video makes sense, is it really true though?? Also, what is the difference between regular time and space time (not that it really makes a difference, just curious)??