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Einstein
and GPS
a World
Without Einstein Series
How did the man who couldn’t find his keys make the
discoveries that enable all of us to know where we’re going?
After
you have enjoyed the broadcast, get the book! All of the information
presented here, and more, can be found in World
without Einstein
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#1
GPS works by measuring your distance to the known
positions of satellites. This relies on measuring time very precisely.
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#2
Einstein
said time is relative—it flows at different rates depending on speed
and distance to massive objects, like Earth.
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#3
Einstein said light rising against gravity loses
energy— its frequency decreases. Thus, time runs faster at the top of
the Leaning Tower of Pisa than at the bottom.
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#4
List of
size of time dilation (slowing) at some locations due to certain
massive bodies. We are all connected by gravity.
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#5
Applications
of GPS that affect all our daily lives.
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