Universe seems to follow some traffic rules, that's, no matter can travel faster than speed of light! Through this amazing conversation, Science up! has answered Why can't we reach speed of light?We are thankful to Dr Sandeep Chatterjee, Asst Prof, IISER Berhampur for answering our curious questions and this amazing learning experience.
This is the first podcast by 137 Inverse in collaboration with Science Up! The episode is hosted by Niraj Gupta. Cheers to Baibhav Srivastava for co-hosting and Adarsh Kumar Dash for coordinating.Thanks to Science up! Team, and Mayank Agarwal for helping in editing the audio.
The episode covers
Measurement and coordinate system
Concept of Time as another coordinate Post-Einstein era,
Time as 4th dimension
Special theory of relativity and why
Maximum speed attained by humans Large Hadron Collider (LHC), CERN
Time dilation and length contraction
Why can't we travel at light speed- concept of infinite energy required and mass increase and,
Time travel
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Here is the second episode of our podcast series, titled "What is the shortest distance?" Starting from a very simple question of how "distance" is defined, the episode tries to delve into Einstein's mind and discusses the General Theory of Relativity.
We are thankful to Dr. Ujjal Dey, Asst. Prof, IISER Berhampur for being the guest of the episode. Cheers to Amrita Mukherjee for co-hosting the episode along with Alphonsa Joseph. And of course, thanks a lot to team ScienceUp! and Mayank Agarwal for helping with the editing.
Here's the link for the episode