Time

Physics SS1 First Term
WEEK 3
Time 
Performance Objectives
Students should be able to:
1. Examine the concept of time
2. Determine the ways of measuring time

Content 
Introduction
Both Galileo and Newton and most people up until the 20th century thought that time was the same for everyone everywhere. This is the basis for timelines, where time is a parameter. Our modern conception of time is based on Einsteins theory of relativity, in which rates of time run differently depending on relative motion, and space and time are merged into space time, where we live on a world line rather than a timeline. Thus time is part of a coordinate, in this view, Physicists believe the…