Word: paradox
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...into the most esoteric realms of modern science. Occupying four seats in the big 747's tourist compartment-two for themselves and two for their scientific gear-they were setting off on an extraordinary round-the-world odyssey: an expedition to test Albert Einstein's controversial "clock paradox," which, stated simply, implies that time passes more slowly for a rapidly moving object than for an object at rest...
Atomic Clocks. The paradox, which stems from Einstein's 1905 Special Theory of Relativity, is difficult for the layman to comprehend and even harder for scientists to prove. It means that time itself is different for a speeding automobile, for example, than for one parked at the curb. The natural vibrations of the atoms in the engine of the moving auto, the movement of the clock on the dashboard and even the aging of the passengers occur more slowly than they do in the parked car. These changes are imperceptible at low terrestrial speeds, however, and according...
...sometimes say that I missed the boat, that I should have made a career out of Pop art. But I was never keen on it. I felt there should be more to it than simple artifacts, consumer goods; and I'm still more interested in making layers of paradox and irony...
...Suvero, struggling to produce sculptures that no museum or gallery can readily house, has become a kind of herculean Johnny Appleseed. scattering work wherever he can find space or means to put it: two, for instance, are now in a field outside Chicago. His sculpture presents a real cultural paradox: it is created from scrounged materials with little or no financial backing, and at the same time it is unsalably monumental...
...taken this kind of chopped and channeled mythology and turned it into an American pop epic called Two-Lane Blacktop. The film is immaculately crafted, funny and quite beautiful, resonant with a lingering mood of loss and loneliness. There are extended pauses and dialogue exchanges full of deliberate paradox. Few film makers have dealt so well or so subtly with the American landscape. Not a single frame in the film is wasted. Even the small touches-the languid tension while refueling at a back-country gas station or the piercing sound of an ignition buzzer-have their own intricate worth...