The hosts discuss the concept of time and its relation to spacetime, touching on special relativity, dimensions, vectors, and the speed of light. They also delve into redshift, the expansion of the cosmos, and the perception of relativity. The chapter concludes with a discussion on time dilation and its contradiction to the theories of relativity in the context of achieving warp capability in the Star Trek universe.
Is our experience of time a result of our perpetual movement? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore spacetime, metaphysics, the Brachistochrone problem and more with astrophysicist Charles Liu.
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