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Relatively Speaking

Special Relativity uses straightforward mathematics with mind-bending physical implications. General Relativity uses mind-bending mathematics with straightforward physical implications.

Or so I described it to someone at PyCon tonight.

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Michael Hudson on March 19, 2008:

So the fact that clocks run faster on the moon than they on the earth is straightforward?

James Tauber on March 19, 2008:

Relatively speaking (hence the name of the post), yes. But it was an aphorism. It wasn't intended to be precise.

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Created: March 19, 2008
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