Relativity and Cosmology

    

Space and Length, Time and Duration: and How the Measurement of Time Differs from the Measurement of Space

Authors: Hasmukh K. Tank

The terms: 'space' and 'time' need some clarification. What contracts in special-relativity is 'length' of 'physical-objects', not 'space'. What gets dilated in special-relativity is 'duration' of a 'process', not 'time'. 'Space' is there, and 'objects' are in 'space'; so a ruler can measure 'length' of an 'object'. Our eyes can directly see the 'space'. Whereas 'time' is a 'mental-concept'; the 'duration-between-two-tiks-of-a-clock' is defined as a 'duration-of-one-second'; actually there is nothing like 'time'.

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[v1] 2014-02-02 02:20:30
[v2] 2014-02-02 04:23:17

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