eftychia: Me in kilt and poofy shirt, facing away, playing acoustic guitar behind head (cyhmn)
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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:24am on 2019-11-13

[I probably linked to this sometime in a past link-sausage entry, but I'm not sure. I was recently reminded of it.]

"[...] As a collector of vintage and modern atomic clocks, I discovered it was possible, using gear found at home, to convert our family minivan into a mobile high-precision time laboratory, complete with batteries, power converters, time interval counters, three children, and three cesium clocks [...]

"[...] Furthermore, by being at high altitude for the weekend, we experienced more time together, relatively speaking. It was the best extra 22 nanoseconds I've ever spent with the kids.

"So, yes, not only do we live in a time when atomic clocks are altimeters, but when relativity is child's play."

-- Tom Van Baak, "Project GREAT: General Relativity Einstein/Essen Anniversary Test: Clocks, Kids, and General Relativity on Mt Rainier", 2007 [note that the experiment was repeated in 2016 on Mt. Lemmon]

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minoanmiss: A spiral detail from a Minoan fresco (Minoan Spiral)
posted by [personal profile] minoanmiss at 03:02pm on 2019-11-13
Bwee:)
eftychia: Spaceship superimposed on a whirling vortex (departure)
posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 03:25pm on 2019-11-13
"Soothly we live in mighty years!"
Edited Date: 2019-11-13 03:27 pm (UTC)

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