PHYS 037 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Electromagnetism, Matter Wave, Virtual Particle
13 Oct 2016
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The end of the beginning: the most incomprehensible thing is that the universe is comprehensible - albert. Einstein: looking at the most distant regions, we look back in time, first galaxies and stars formed around a billion years after big bang, motion/time is relative. The origin of space and time: without motion time cannot exist, without space time cannot exist, mach"s principle. Inertia results from the relationship between an object with objects: einstein proved that time and space are relative. The laws of of physics are the same in all frames of reference and the speed of light is constant. Inertia, gravity, and acceleration are related to space and time. Space and time relatable to geometry and curvature, mass affects the geometry of space- time around it, causing it to curve and the curvature of space-time is responsible for acceleration of the mass and hence, the gravity.
