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Introduction to Special Relativity – Relativity Before Einstein by Dr. A.P Bhat
Dr. A. P Bhat explain the concepts of Galilean relativity and Michaelson Morley Experiment.... Continue Reading
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What is a Leap Year?
February 29th was here! After 4 years, we’ve had an extra day this year… Or did we? What is this extra day? the 29th February? It’s called a leap day. A day that has astronomical significance. Hence the post by PAAC. The earth goes around the sun once every 365.242199 days. This means a year... Continue Reading
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Sky-Watch at Kundadri with the Adventurer
Adventurer – A cycling group from Manipal Institute of Technology had the last leg of their bicycle expedition program to Kundadri peak. Headed by Prof. Ganesh Nayak, MIT, the group comprised of the students of MIT who would venture out and explore nature on their bicycles every week. The finale of the program was to... Continue Reading
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Why is speed of light is the speed of light
Physicists define time as the progression of events from the past to the present into the future. Basically, if a system is unchanging, it is timeless. Time can be considered to be the fourth dimension of reality, used to describe events in three-dimensional space. It is not something we can see, touch, or taste, but... Continue Reading
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When’s the Next Solar Eclipse?
This post was written long before India was under lock-down due to Covid-19. Irrelevant content has now been striked. TL;DR : 21 June 2020 For those of you who are interested to know more, Here’s some details about the next solar eclipse: The next Solar eclipse will also be an Annular Eclipse that will occur... Continue Reading