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Hello all,
I, by no means, fully understand general relativity. I was wondering if one of you experts could help me clarify some things, as I am giving a presentation to my class on GR next monday. We are in a somewhat basic physics class, so I really just need to get the idea across. From my understanding, the basic idea of GR is that matter/energy warp what is called "space-time." My question is... if space time is a combination of space and time, then how is time warped? I understand how space is warped and this explains why our planets are in orbit, but how is time warped?
Thank you in advance for the response.
-Andrew
I, by no means, fully understand general relativity. I was wondering if one of you experts could help me clarify some things, as I am giving a presentation to my class on GR next monday. We are in a somewhat basic physics class, so I really just need to get the idea across. From my understanding, the basic idea of GR is that matter/energy warp what is called "space-time." My question is... if space time is a combination of space and time, then how is time warped? I understand how space is warped and this explains why our planets are in orbit, but how is time warped?
Thank you in advance for the response.
-Andrew