Publisher's Synopsis
Time is the same everywhere. Synchronized clocks remain in agreement. Yet, you know from Einstein's special and general relativity that time is relative. It depends on your frame of reference as an observer. This can result in time dilation, where the time between events becomes longer (dilated) the closer one travels to the speed of light. Moving clocks run more slowly than stationary clocks, with the effect becoming more pronounced as the moving clock approaches light speed. Clocks in jets or in orbit record time more slowly than those on Earth, particles decay more slowly when falling, and experiments confirmed length contraction and time dilation. Complicated? Reading this little volume will simplify it for you.
