OLogy: Space and Time

How do you describe your place in the 4th dimension?

According to Einstein , you need to describe where you are not only in three-dimensional space —length, width and height—but also in time.

Time is the fourth dimension. So to know where you are, you have to know what time it is.

Your complete answer should be “I’m sitting on a 4-foot-high aardvark at the northeast corner of Bern St. and Ulm St., and it’s July 1st, 2002, at 1:23 p.m. on my watch.” Einstein called a description that used four dimensions an event.

*By “space,” we mean the space that is all around us, not just outer space.

 

 


Science Topics
Astronomy, Einstein's Theory of Relativity, Physics, Time
Albert Einstein
K-6
4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade

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