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Can You Trust Your Eyes in Spacetime?

PBS Space Time · Season 2015 · Episode 25
Last time we talked about what curvature means, looked at geodesics, great circles on spheres, and tried to understand the notion of "straightness". This week on Spacetime, we take a detour into how geometry works in spacetime. Get excited, because this episode is even more mind-bending than the last!

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Season
2015
Episode
25
Air Date
15/Jul/2015
Air Time
12:00
Runtime
10 min

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Last time we talked about what curvature means, looked at geodesics, great circles on spheres, and tried to understand the notion of "straightness". This week on Spacetime, we take a detour into how geometry works in spacetime. Get excited, because this episode is even more mind-bending than the last!

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