TVO's OBL 2K7 - Rupinder Brar (Lecture) - Part 1 of 6

"RELATIVITY: Einstein, The Speed of Light, and How to Stay Young"

First of six clips.
A lecture on Einstein's Thoery of Relativity by Dr.Rupinder Brar for TVOntario's Best Lecturer Competition for 2007, recorded on January 12th, 2007.

Dr. Rupinder Brar is a lecturer (on leave) for the Faculty of Science at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.

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[LordAlda]

lol that's UB2080... bad cam quality.

[41Ram]

actually, that's UA1350 - and yes, the quality has been downgraded so that the upload is possible.

[noggin100]

If the speed of light is constant,why does it slow to a walking pace when shot through a near virtual zero condensate as a lazer beam ?

[41Ram]

"It is constant in that particular medium. What is walking pace in a near virtual zero condensate by the way?" -R. Brar

[cameronsmart1]

Great lecture and an awesome professor. What surprised me most though was that nobody was on facebook/gaming which is 95% of people in other classes.

[Cocostrc19]

he won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[silverstarmidnight]

Nice, we got stuck in the pavilion (aka the giant turnip) for the first half of this semester.

[Cocostrc19]

sicck

[m0tl3ysl4y3r]

sweet, I have this guy for physics 1010

he's so amazing

[noggin100]

Now tell me J,the background temperature of the Universe is 2.7281 Kelvin above absolute zero. So what property dependent speed is light going please when we see light from say the nearest star given we are in the medium not outside of it ? Do we see light from stars at slower rate than its suggested constant ?

[noggin100]

The background temperature of the Universe is 2.7281 Kelvin above absolute zero. So what property dependent speed is light going please ? Do we see light form stars at slower rate than we think ?