Grasping the Universe (In-person)

Grasping the Universe (In-person)

Spring (4-8 hours) | Registration closed 5/6/2024

One Court Street Lebanon, NH 03766 United States

Room 3A

5/9/2024-5/30/2024

9:30 AM-11:30 AM EDT on Th

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$50.00

When it comes to grasping the universe there is a lot to wonder. This four-week course is dedicated to investigating, in-depth, the following three questions:

1. Why time dilates and lengths contract. Time and lengths are not absolute.

2. Why space is not simply a big void but is filled with four-dimensional “spacetime.”

3. Why the force of gravity requires “spacetime.”

In each class we will flush out the meaning and consequences of the underlying discoveries and highlight the contributions of the Nobel Laurates involved. Among these are the giants: Einstein and Minkowski, and the sages: Newton and Galileo. An appreciation of natural science will help you get the most out of this class.


Finney, Roy

Roy Finney holds 1st Class Honors degrees in Physics and Mathematics from Imperial College, London. After graduating in 1966, he entered the nascent mini-computer industry centered in Boston, moving to the computer software industry in the mid-eighties. He retired as president of a corporation providing proprietary application software to industrial and financial organizations. After retirement he returned to following his true passion—physics.