Sunday, December 24, 2006

NCSU Engineer Explains the Physics of Santa




Well I already knew that I graduated from the greatest university on the planet but this definitely has to seal the deal...an Engineering professor over at NCSU has explained the plausible science behind how Santa can deliver millions of presents around the world in one night...

"Based on his advanced knowledge of the theory of relativity, Santa recognizes that time can be stretched like a rubber band, that space can be squeezed like an orange and that light can be bent,” Silverberg says. “Relativity clouds are controllable domains – rips in time – that allow him months to deliver presents while only a few minutes pass on Earth. The presents are truly delivered in a wink of an eye.”

Read the entire article here.

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