Recent content by Angstrom's Muse

I realize that your understanding of this is beyond mine, so please view these questions as a yearning to learn. I am trying to gain the best understanding I can and with that, being critical is a habit, possibly a bad habit. I am not sure of another way to define it and I am not questioning...

Thanks PeterDonis. I will take a look at the lecture. I agree trying to mix biology into this only reduces clarity. I think you are answering my original question despite the verbal awkwardness. Since the speed of light is a constant - a time clock will never change its pace. This is what I...

Very informative. Thank you. I find it very interesting on how time is measured. If I read your definition correctly, a second is measured by a scalar quantity - the periods (cycles/second) of radiation of a specific cesium atom. Which makes me think that we (humans) still do not have a...

Ok. Thank you all for the help. Specifically (Marvin the Martian 10,007) Some of these concepts I understand after gathering information and others I am still processing. I have an idea that is tough to articulate and gaining the vocabulary is proving to be the big challenge. Having said...

Full disclosure, I am novice and I do not know much of the lexicon associated with physics. Please forgive the vagueness of the language I use as the proper terms are unknown. Insight on the theoretical properties of the question as well as insight on the correct vocabulary is appreciated. It...

New to the site and reforming my understanding of past educational experiences. Thank you to the organizers of this forum.