Sunday 1 April 2012

Two posts in one day, but ...

I don’t usually manage two posts in one day. Apologies for the mix of metaphors but something is on my mind and I need to get it off my chest - immediately!
Why does time pass more quickly when I’m at Le Pre Vert?
Ever the scientist I have been searching for a factual explanation rather than one related to my joy at being in France. I recall an interesting factoid about the space missions which found that astronauts are younger after a space mission than if they had remained on terra firma. At a constant angular velocity, the relative speed of Le Pre Vert is greater than that of the Old School due to  Le Pre Vert being at a lower latitude because it is further from the Earth's axis of rotation. This faster surface velocity means that time passes more quickly.
QED


So to take this to the extreme time will pass very quickly at the equator and not at all at the poles. Perhaps this is why there is a proliferation of Health Spas springing up all over the Arctic and Antarctic regions.



I gather there is now a vacancy at Cern to lead the team looking for the Higgs boson particle. Do you think I should apply? 



10 comments:

  1. Hello Gaynor:
    Well, impressed as we are by your highly scientific thesis on the passage of time, we still hold to that well used mantra.....time flies when one is enjoying oneself!!!!

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    1. Well said, Jane and Lance.
      How quickly does time pass in Budapest?

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  2. Welcome home... the reason time passes faster here is only in Summer... when the days are shorter than in the UK!

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    1. Thanks Tim. I'll factor this into my equations in the future!!

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  3. There's more than a touch of the 'poisson d'avril' about this Gay!
    Either that, or the night you spent in the Premier Classe scrambled your brain!!

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    1. Poisson d'Avril? I thought it was duck!!

      Writing the post at the last minute did almost make us late for a delicious lunch though ...

      Merci beaucoup!

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  4. With regard to the Higgs Project at Cern... I thought you'd just managed to get yourself out of going round in circles!!

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    1. Only semi circles at the moment,Tim!

      Still will be working in September but without the responsibilities I carry at the present.

      Except for what should be the greatest and best paid responsibility which is the actual teaching!!!

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  5. It always amazes me the five minutes can take for ever to pass and a month can fly past in a nano second!

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    1. Hi Mandy,

      You are soooooo right!

      I can probably come up with a scientific theory to prove your assertion too. Look out for it next April 1st!

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