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    Undergrad What Happens When You Add More Electrons to a Hydrogen Atom?

    So I was watching TV and I got to thinking. If a hydrogen atom has 1 proton and 1 electron... What element would you make if, instead of adding protons and nutron to the nucleus, you were to somehow add additional electrons to the orbitals of that single proton? Is it even possible and what...
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    Graduate Time Dilation: Concepts of Modern Physics by Beiser

    I think Naty1 explained it in a different post and it makes sense this way for me:
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    Graduate Time Dilation: Concepts of Modern Physics by Beiser

    Ahhhh... the gears in my head are still smoking but I'm starting to get the picture. so it's all relitive. it all depends on witch frame of reference you're are observing, from my point of view his clock is running slow, and from his point of view mine is running slow, it's not until we are both...
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    Graduate Time Dilation: Concepts of Modern Physics by Beiser

    Pardon my ignorance, but you used a lot of complicated phrasing (for me at least) but i think i got the jist of what you were saying, let me reitterate in my own words so i can be sure i understand. When traveling at or near the speed of light, an observer from a relitivly stationary object...
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    Graduate Time Dilation: Concepts of Modern Physics by Beiser

    Not to stray too far from the original post, but i have a question. Please keep in mind that I am a computer geek not a physics major, professor, or any other large brained person sporting a white coat. Does time itself slow down or just our relitive perception of time? lets try this...