Time is one of basic terms in religion, philosophy and science. Time is often described as irreversible sequence that stretches to past and future. Depending on theoretical frame, this sequence is seen as infinite or as finite. In physics, time is one of basic physical attributes, which is determined with the motion of celestial bodies.
Physics studies the possibilities of TIME TRAVEL. In philosophy Heraclitus has determined time as pure changing, which in essence, it is and it isn’t. Aristotle defines time as a “number of motions towards what was and what will be”. This notion of time remains authoritative for centuries until Newton’s theory of “absolute time”. According to his theory time is a continued sequence of moments that follow one another, making a uninterrupted and universal sequence in which everything happens.
10FACT No 10
Days get 1.4 milliseconds longer every century as the Earth’s rotation slows. The time of the DINOSAURUS day lasted 23 hours.
09FACT No 9
We all live in the past. The time lag between things happening and us experiencing them is around 80 milliseconds.
08FACT No 8
Stalin abolished the weekend in 1930 to increase productivity. The Soviet Union then changed its week to six days and eventually back to 7 in 1940.
07FACT No 7
The shortest moment of the time that can exist is Planck time. It is approximately 5.39 x 10^ - 44 seconds long.
06FROGHOPPER
If the Earth’s existence were compressed into just 24 hours humans would arrive at about one minute to midnight.
05FACT No 5
Up until the 1800’s most villages had their own time zones. Clocks were synchronized to the local solar noon, making train travel somewhat complicated.
04FACT No 4
The world’s most accurate clock measures vibrations with a single atom of mercury. In 1000000000 years, it will not lose a single second.
03FACT No 3
All animals have the same lifespan a roughly 1.5 billion heartbeats. An elephant lives “longer” than a mouse because its heart beats slower.
02FACT No 2
Einstein found that gravity slows down time. Subsequently hot air balloon passengers age a few nano seconds more per flight.
01FACT No 1
Some scientific theories suggest the expansion of the cosmos is an illusion caused by the slowing of time. According to this, time may eventually stop.
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