The apparent paradox arising from relativity theory that if one of a pair of twins makes a long journey at near the speed of light and then returns, he or she will have aged less than the twin who remains behind.
〔物理〕孪生佯谬
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So I'm sure she doesn't remember me, but I remember those papers on topology and also a paper she wrote with J.D. Barrow on the twin paradox in compact universes.
This paradox, also called the clock paradox and the twin paradox, is an argument about time dilation that uses the theory of relativity to produce a contradiction.
A crackpot attacked the twin paradox as ‘propaganda’ for the ‘orthodox’ view of relativity in a mailing to several scientists.
When you return to your computer, via the twin paradox the computer will be much older than you, and will, hopefully have solved the problem.
As in the classical twin paradox, an observer at rest relative to the preferred inertial frame measures the longest proper time between any two events on his or her world line; moving observers always measure less.
Definition of twin paradox in US English:
twin paradox
noun
Physics
The apparent paradox arising from relativity theory that if one of a pair of twins makes a long journey at near the speed of light and then returns, he or she will have aged less than the twin who remains behind.
〔物理〕孪生佯谬
Example sentencesExamples
As in the classical twin paradox, an observer at rest relative to the preferred inertial frame measures the longest proper time between any two events on his or her world line; moving observers always measure less.
This paradox, also called the clock paradox and the twin paradox, is an argument about time dilation that uses the theory of relativity to produce a contradiction.
When you return to your computer, via the twin paradox the computer will be much older than you, and will, hopefully have solved the problem.
So I'm sure she doesn't remember me, but I remember those papers on topology and also a paper she wrote with J.D. Barrow on the twin paradox in compact universes.
A crackpot attacked the twin paradox as ‘propaganda’ for the ‘orthodox’ view of relativity in a mailing to several scientists.