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I came across a synopsis of this book a week or so ago, read about the time differential and it got me wondering: what's the explanation for the time differenti
by Beldin 5y ago
I came across a synopsis of this book a week or so ago, read about the time differential and it got me wondering: what's the explanation for the time differential?
We know that time passes slower in stronger gravitational fields. A neutron star has an enormously strong gravitational field near its surface, so time should move much slower there, not much faster... but in the book it's the other way around. (According to the synopsis.)
Am I missing something?
- cfallin 5y agoThe explanation in the book is that neutron-star life is based on nuclear chemistry, whose reactions move much more quickly than our (electron-shell-based) chemistry, so everything happens much more quickly as a result.