
97 - Spacetime GOGGLES
100 years ago, the British Astronomer Arthur Eddi…
What The If? · Philip Shane, Matt Stanley, Gabrielle Paniccia
June 10, 201948m 22s
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Show Notes
100 years ago, the British Astronomer Arthur Eddington confirmed that, as Albert Einstein had said, Spacetime exists, and YOU FEEL Gravity because it's CURVED all around your body... in the 4TH DIMENSION.
Wouldn't you like to SEE all this stuff that's tossing you around? Could we ever even HANDLE seeing the 4th dimension? Well, we monkeys are a clever bunch!
What the IF we could invent a pair of GOGGLES that allow us to SEE SPACETIME? If they were fashionable... they'd be awesome, so let's try 'em on!
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-- Philip & Matt
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