On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 3:11 PM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 1/3/2014 7:24 AM, Jason Resch wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Edgar L. Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Jason, >> >> If the acceleration is the same, the slowing of clock time will be the >> same... Doesn't matter where it is. Or equivalently (by the principle of >> equivalence) it could be standing 'still' in a strong gravitational field. >> >> Edgar >> >> > > Okay but this is certainly not what happens. If you spent 4 minutes > accelerating and came back, there would not be a 4 year age difference when > Pam returned. > > > Right. Edgar is just wrong. The same applies to the gravitational field. > The time dilatation is purely a geometrical effect. Lewis Carroll > Epstein's little book, "Relativity Visualized" provides a nice explanation > and examples. > Brent, I would have thought that the effect of the gravitational field ( equating acceleration and deceleration to gravity) is just like its effect on GPS system and to my knowledge is not geometrical Richard > > Brent > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
