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gravitational waves detected - wonderful discovery
new technology - and now the universe can really be looked at in some detail
we live in interesting times
new technology - and now the universe can really be looked at in some detail
we live in interesting times
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Clever bloke, that Einstein, but could he invent relativity on a cold, rainy night in Stoke?
As OP says, the detection kit is at least half the story. |
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At some point he will be proved to have been missing something vital and for not being right.
I sometimes think that scientists and others working on these projects only look for the bits that fit the theories and so miss stuff that doesn't. |
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It all goes smoothly until you ask a physicist what a black hole is made of ...
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If only I could understand Einstein's theory of Relatively to start with...that would help.
They had a program on BBC4 Einstein's Mind where I was getting it, but they have never repeated it, and I missed recording it. I wonder what effect a ripple in space/time would have on us on Earth...or would we notice it? As far as we are aware time always passes at the same rate wherever we are in the Universe, but that may be different from somewhere else because time does not always pass at the same rate in the Universe, Einstein saw all this, he had a mental model of it, the maths took him a little longer. Unfortunately we cannot tie it in to Quantum Physics yet, the world of the very small, to get the Theory of Everything. It must be wonderful to have a brain to be able to think on these things |
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If only I could understand Einstein's theory of Relatively to start with...that would help.
There used to be a popular Penguin book called Relativity for the Layman, iirc, so how hard can it be? The key observation is that Einstein had two: the special and general theories of relativity. The special theory deals with the special case where everything moves at constant speed, whereas the general theory has acceleration, so covers gravity. They teach special relativity to schoolchildren in A-level Physics. The only maths you need is Pythagoras's theorem. General relativity is far, far more mathematical and is probably an option for third-year physics or applied maths students. |
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so how hard can it be?
 I think you got me there Ramruma, I suppose I could if I tried, I wont put in the effort |
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I don't have A levels, my parents would not pay for me to stay on at school
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maybe they just told you that ebul to spare your feelings.
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 Joking aside, time 'stops' when anything enters the event horizon. |
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what about the big bang theory,it had to occur in a second of time,if there was no second of time it could not occur,so the first ever second of time had to occur before the big bang.so time had to occur before the big bang which proves that time came before the big bang.
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I don't have A levels, my parents would not pay for me to stay on at school
There used to be a popular Penguin book called Relativity for the Layman, iirc, so how hard can it be? It used to be accepted that people who left school early (15 or anywhere before 21) were intelligent and curious about the world. The WEA ran evening classes. The telly would have (say) AJP Taylor talking about history with just a blackboard. Now even serious documentaries have to be fronted by a comedian or other TV star to lure us in. DJs take pride in knowing no maths. |
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On the subject of dumbing down, it has just been announced The Independent is to cease publication next month.
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lfc1971 • February 12, 2016 10:08 AM GMT
maybe they just told you that ebul to spare your feelings. It used to be accepted that people who left school early (15 or anywhere before 21) were intelligent and curious about the world. The WEA ran evening classes. I see Ramruma, I used to attend Greyhound Tracks, I am afraid that came first  |
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Gravitational waves ?
Who says ? It's so far beyond the understanding of the majority of people, that it just sounds like gobbledegook. And who's to say that it isn't ? There's an agenda ( re budget) being met here. Strange that this ' discovery ' is made on the 100 year anniversary ! |
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was this the one ebul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4GWtFTXkCI
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Paris Hilton
"We are social butterflies, humanitarians, geniuses: Einstein was one," she told the paper. |
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http://www.davidicke.com/headlines/37973-albert-einstein-plagiarist-and-fraud/
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ta cyprusal..that is the one
 Facts If we start playing silly games with science...we are truly lost. I think Gravitational Waves are genuine, perhaps they chose the date to announce it xmoney...david icke is insane |
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If the earth was sucked into a black hole it would become the size of a golf ball and weigh the same amount.
ie. The earth, even that small, would weigh more than the total weight of the US navy. |
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Relax Facts the Tory party have confirmed it as correct.
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space is expanding
thats not just the universe its all space hold your arms outstretched... the space - the distance - between your hands is expanding as you watch  but not a lot ! |
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which explains why married couples grow further apart with the passage of time
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which explains why married couples grow further apart with the passage of time
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which explains why married couples grow further apart with the passage of time
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which explains why married couples grow further apart with the passage of time
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which explains why married couples grow further apart with the passage of time
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which explains why married couples grow further apart with the passage of time
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which explains why married couples grow further apart with the passage of time
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which explains why married couples grow further apart with the passage of time
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which explains why married couples grow further apart with the passage of time
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which explains why married couples grow further apart with the passage of time
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which explains why married couples grow further apart with the passage of time
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which explains why married couples grow further apart with the passage of time
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which explains why married couples grow further apart with the passage of time
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which explains why married couples grow further apart with the passage of time
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which explains why married couples grow further apart with the passage of time
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which explains why married couples grow further apart with the passage of time
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which explains why married couples grow further apart with the passage of time
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which explains why married couples grow further apart with the passage of time
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