I’m a Scientist is like school science lessons meet the X Factor! School students choose which scientist gets a prize of $1000 to communicate their work.
Scientists and students talk on this website. They both break down barriers, have fun and learn. But only the students get to vote.
This zone is the Boron Zone. It has a range of scientists studying all different topics. Who gets the prize? YOU decide!
Do you mean, why does it appear to proceed at a constant rate? You know, that is a really good question. There are physicists who think about and try to better understand the nature of time (in quantum mechanics there is no “operator” for time, which is a bit odd if I understand it correctly, because there is an equivalent for everything else we can measure.)
If you mean something else, please elaborate.
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Time does appear to proceed at a constant rate, but I’ve always wondered if that’s because it’s a human construct.
There are different ways to measure time. Astronomers have several different systems, most notably connected to the motion of the stars in the sky relative to Earth; a second in this “sidereal” system is actually shorter than a regular second!
And finally, I couldn’t discuss time here without this quote from the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: “Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.” 🙂
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I don’t know about anyone else but time is certainly not constant in our house! Of our nine clocks only 2-3 agree at any one time?
Really pleased the physics boys have this one covered!
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I like James’ answer & the quote from Simon
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I hope its not too constant, I’d quite like to go home at the end of the day…
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