Yesterday, I spent a considerable amount of time listening to an audio-book on physics. I got immersed into it, and got so much enthused by it. With all the thoughts on physics still fresh in my mind, today morning, I went out in the morning for my usual brisk walk. While leaving home, I noticed that son had just woken up from bed and was involved diligently in some game of his own creation – he barely noticed me go out. I too, never suspected anything, until I came back after ½ hour. I was shocked to see that my 4 year old son has grown up – suddenly, with no warning whatsoever. Hearing my cries of surprise and an equal terror, my wife came out. She also seemed aged to me, with some of her locks already graying up…Oh, my god! Whatever could’ve happened to them? I showed signs of fainting and I don’t know what happened next. When I opened my eyes (presumably, after a few minutes), I noticed my son is playing the same game in the same corner, as he was before I went out for my walk. My wife was busy cooking something in the kitchen and shouting something to my son. Everything seemed normal. What a strange story, right? What actually happened is this. What I just observed is a direct consequence of the special theory of relativity propounded by Einstein in 1905. But, the theory is not for daily occurrences of events, but for such extraordinary ones that are characterized by extreme speeds of related objects – more than say, 50% of the speed of light. Don’t believe me?
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