THE VIDEO SHELF · special relativity
Complete Solution To The Twins Paradox
A minutephysics explainer on the twins paradox in special relativity. It shows why the traveling twin ends up younger and how acceleration resolves the paradox.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters recommend it as an easy-to-digest explanation of time dilation and the twin paradox.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- minutephysics
- Topic
- special relativity
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- intro
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2018–2021
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Minute Physics did a good couple of videos on this[0,1], pretty much the same info as is in the Wiki but might be easier to digest for some people. [0]: [LINK] [1]: [VIDEO]
Sean1708 on Hacker News · 2018-07
In First Successful Test of General Relativity Near Supermassive Black HoleThese minutephysics videos provide some idea of what's happening: - [LINK] - [VIDEO] (Although the time dilation in Interstellar is due to gravity, not high-speed travel.)
p1mrx on Hacker News · 2020-08
In Fastest star ever seen is moving at 8% the speed of light
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