A Quantum Leap

Yeah, the main reason I made that comment was for other people reading the thread, as they would take it literally.

If I make it into the academy I want to go to for my junior and senior year of HS, I will have physics 1 and 2 at the college level... If not, I take high school phys 1 and 2... I'm really interested in it, though I'm having trouble finding real good information on it web wise... Probably not looking hard enough, but oh well.. I'm also really interested in chemistry... It's amazing what you can make/do with household chemicals...

Speaking of Einstein, I find it really interesting that he was labeled a failure by 3rd grade... He was diagnosed with basically the same as ADD now... He probably had ADD, a lot of incredibly intelligent people do, as they have trouble focusing on anything they aren't interested in...

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Originally posted here by foxyloxley
= minus 237 degrees Centigrade = ABSOLUTE zero = Superconductors.

That is some lab he works in :cool:

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I typed 0.0? as an inexact guess because I couldn't quite recollect the exact numbers.

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Originally posted here by RoadClosed Arguably in string theory, where energy is sufficient - even at absolute zero - the magnetic strings still ocillate, but these aren't your daddy's magnetic fields. :D Hmm what if absolute zero is like a C universe, where there is a limitation where we can go. Can absolute zero be achieved? Where everything stops and is Zero Kelvin REALLY absolute zero? This is where I lack some info. Even the coldest darkest place of the Universe is 3 degrees Kelvin, and that is pretty constant throughout. Another feather in the cap for the big bang. Residual heat propigated universally.

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I guess it depends on your usage of the word universe. I would say that there is something way better than 3 degrees K in the visible/known/observable universe. Maybe in our universe? Perchance out of the spacetime continuum, maybe the place the universe is expanding into or through? How rude of me to post that when I've been saucing. :D I’ll fix what I typed tomorrow.

Grunt I think to obtain any good reads you might have to buy some books; I think you would be able to get samples in PDF's of a few chapters though. I would find a board to your liking, and ask those college kids what they are reading. Or what they read on the side. That’s what I would do.

I'm buying this book sunday.Hyperspace : A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension
Road have you read this before?

The best image I've seen, it's usually done in a crude manner. Demonstrating the Meissner effect.

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Yeah, he later credited his theory of relativity to his slower learning, saying that he could apply a higher, more mature intellect to space and time and whatnot at that age. I didn’t know he had ADD/ADHD. I know they said he was dyslexic, shy, and real brash. I thought they said he was “mind-blind “ as well? He had something similar to autism, like you can’t really take a joke because you don’t really get it. He couldn’t quite read between the lines. If you smiled at him he couldn’t differentiate the smile, he wouldn’t know if it was a sarcastic smile or if was a happy etc…, that’s even if he saw the smile, smirk, etc… They don’t pay attention to that stuff like that.

Yeah... Many great mathematicans are slightly autistic... They aren't to the point where they have real problems operating alone in society... But they are far enough along with it to where they have incredible math skills.

I talked to my science teacher and asked him if he had any physics books in his personal collection, turns out he did: Physics, 5th additions, by Giancoli... Haven't read much of it.. but it seems good... he said it would be good for me because it doesn't go in to a lot of the advanced mathematical concepts, but basically teaches the basics of why everything works and such... The sound chapter is really pulling my interest right now...

Albert was also an extreme pacifist. The events of WW2 changed his reasoning later in life. He was brash with the Nazi party and didn't comprehend the danger he was bringing upon himself. He was born a Jew, you see. Later in life he admited through great pain that sometimes violence was necessary to prevent others from perpretrating the same. He also did not recognize his own celebrity among the world populace. I read a biography once or twice, He was at a theater in Europe and he and a friend wanted to go out for a bit and get back in. He told the doorman that he has lost his ticket and would he remember his face, if he just popped out? The doorman replied something along the lines "of course Mr. Einstein." Not alot of info is available on how he came up with the equations for both general and special relativity. But to come to the conclusions it is thought that he would have HAD to invent many formulas withing the realm of differential calculus. By that I mean that some equations we know that end in results, did not exist in his time. Lol, sorry I am severely interested in the historical context of men like Einstein, Kelvin, Coppernicus, Da Vinci, the greek classics too many to name, Darwin, Curie, Newton etc... Einstein grappled with the emerging quantum knowledge.... what if he lived a little longer? :D

Oh as for reading about alternate universes. Thats a tough one. I have trouble understanding my own. I don't really buy into the ability to touch other universes. I think of the universe as a sort of bag, there could be other bags out there but if they somehow touch then they are no longer different universes.

Hi RoadClosed,

This is for you...

http://www.spaceandmotion.com/quantu...ein-quotes.htm
Quantum Theory: Albert Einstein

Enjoy!

Eg ;)

Hi !mitationRust ,

Here's one for you too...just the resource page you need...

http://directory.google.com/Top/Scie...anotechnology/
Google Directory - Science > Technology > Nanotechnology

Eg ;)

Let's keep this discussion moving! :D

Hi The Grunt,

A little help to get you through the school year...

http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/tutorials.html
Physics Tutorial Menu

http://www.launc.tased.edu.au/online...cs/tutes1.html
Physicstutes

http://directory.google.com/Top/Scie...ion/Tutorials/
Google Directory - Science > Physics > Education > Tutorials

Eg ;)

There! That ought to be enough to keep this thread going for awhile! :D

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think of the universe as a sort of bag, there could be other bags out there but if they somehow touch then they are no longer different universes.

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That stands with the three dimensions .................

But add the forth ............TIME

A universe that shared our dimensions, but NOT our time ............

And quantum has 'found' several other dimensions ????

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Marcus Chown, Quantum author and writer of several 'uncomfortable' theories

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I think of the universe as a sort of bag, there could be other bags out there but if they somehow touch then they are no longer different universes.

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That sounds a lot like Brane theory (or M-Brane theory). I saw a doc on BB2 about it. It's realeted to string theory apparently. Each universe could actually exist as a 4 or 5 dimension taurus shaped membrane which floats through an 11 dimension space. There could also be an infinite number of other membranes also floating about. If the membranes touch it causes a big bang.


Here is a link to the bbc program:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon...alleluni.shtml

Dr Michio Kaku gave a Q&A after it but my brain started to hurt after the first 10 questions or so.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/s...hio_kaku.shtml

The Beeb also did a program more recently on Aspergers Syndrome. Aspergers has similar symptoms to Autism. Many people are though to be mildly affect by it. Many of those are believed to be those who are socially awkward but very intelligent. Enstein is one person I remember being mentioned.

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That stands with the three dimensions .................

But add the forth ............TIME

A universe that shared our dimensions, but NOT our time ............

And quantum has 'found' several other dimensions ????

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Hail Foxy,

It's highly likely there are more than 4 dimensions. I believe that 100 percent. In fact I remember demonstations by another other mighty hero Carl Sagan that modeled a shadow from a multidimentional object. No worries there, in fact time has become so ingrained into our perception that it is directly related to our existence just like the confortable 3 dimensions we are accustomed too. A universe that shared our dimension but not our time would still exist within this bag. Objects within can share our dimension and have an alternate time, such as other galaxies but I would wager they are still within this universe. I read about micro universes existing within one universe but it's still existing within the confines of this one. Perhaps "universe" isn't an accurate description. Having said that; to measure a universe in space beyond our own universal threshold is different It's hard to grasp space, beyond space.

I guess you could argue that a quantum has found several other dimensions. In relation to how we percieve waves moving through space. I say that because a particle emited here, perhaps streaming from Sol could have effects on space or time in another place, in a galaxy far far away. And a long time ago, is our present. To us on earth, Yoda is alive. But he lived a long long time ago. But the particle effect from our sun on their universe would happen in our simultaneous "now" which is Yoda's far future.

BBC beats the **** out of PBS.