• Question: Are you bored of Einstein's theory of relativity?

    Asked by IAmInFactAPickle to Kathryn on 14 Jun 2018.
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      Kathryn Burrows answered on 14 Jun 2018:


      No, it is a fascinating theory! It is much less of a mess than quantum mechanics which is the other main theory of quantum mechanics. I see that you are in fact a pickle, so I can understand your any skepticism. As pickles tend to be small and not travel very fast I can see that they would be relatively happy with Newtonian mechanics, but if pickles ever wanted to travel on a rocket ship or use a satellite phone, or meet up with their other pickles using GPS they would need to consult Einstein’s theory of relativity.

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