One of the great mysteries of Special Relativity is the Second Postulate, which is the idea that the speed of light c is a constant, independent of the relative motion of the source. This constancy is why Albert Einstein preferred to think of his …
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The Greatest and Grandest Illusion (Part I)- A Relativistic Deception
Albert Einstein H.A. Lorentz In my book The Enlightening, I make the following observation: Both Albert Einstein and H.A. Lorentz conceived of Lorentz’ Relativistic Velocity Transformation equations as describing the entire extent of the universe. This is clearly supported by Einstein’s relativity theories, including …
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A Caltech researcher has recently pointed out that Schrodinger’s Equation, which describes the wavelike nature of particles, and is therefore the foundational equation of quantum mechanics, is also very useful in describing the long-term evolution of large-scale astronomical structure of space-time. Today, let’s conduct …
Continue readingMy thoughts on Dark Matter
Dark matter (extra-dimensional gravitation), as described in my book, The Enlightening, would certainly cool down the first primordial stars, as described in this new research. There’s no need to invoke dark matter “particles” when these early stars would exist within a matrix of extra-dimensional …
Continue readingAbout those 72 “Mystery” Galaxies
I was very excited by the phenomenal results recently generated by the MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile, as reported by Science Daily: Headline: MUSE probes uncharted depths of Hubble Ultra Deep Field Link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171129090243.htm Source: Science Daily / ESO For …
Continue readingThe Most Basic Mystery of Science
Science has more than its share of enormous mysteries. Any halfway comprehensive list would be far too long to compile here. Yet perhaps none of these mysteries is stranger, and of a more fundamental nature, than that of the mystery of wave-particle duality. According …
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