Submitted by dumdumdaadum t3_yd39rf in explainlikeimfive
dumdumdaadum OP t1_itpp0nu wrote
Reply to comment by wjbc in eli5 this excerpt from Theory of everything by Stephen Hawking by dumdumdaadum
This makes sense, thanks! Do you by any chance know a visual representation video or something which I can see to understand it better?
TurkeyDinner547 t1_itpsqgh wrote
Hold a basketball over your head and notice how you can't see things on top or directly above it if your looking up from the bottom.
wjbc t1_itppb51 wrote
Sorry, not off hand. I know of this video starring Carl Sagan using the shadow method to prove curvature, but I would have to search for one using the Pole Star.
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