The Theory of Space and Time
By Dr. Dennis L. Siluk
Since I write some in
the area of Science Fiction, I figured I’d write an essay on ‘Space and Time’,
old stuff for the most part.
First of all let me explain “Relativity”
which simply means theory, as does “Quantum Theories” so when I say the Theory
Relativity I’m really saying, a theory is physics, Quantum meaning, nearly the
same thing but beyond the normal gauge of known physics, like Black Holes and
Gravitational Waves, and so forth. But the Theory of Relativity is the older
way of announcing Simple or Special Relativity, by Einstein. Whereas, Quantum
Theories would seem to go to Stephen Hawkins.
What does all this mean? The Theory of Relativity deals with space and
time. Put another way, space can bend and time can be stretched. Quantum
theory, is rather unsettling, it has more of a strangeness. For instance, if a
star dies, if it gets close to the rim of a black hole, the gravity around the
rim will pull it into the hole, and forever be part of that black hole, and
never see the light of day again, yet on another note, the black hole may
explode and create a new galaxy; strange is it not! It’s the new age physics.
But back to the old Theory of Relativity.
Space and time, bends and stretches,
space is measured by the speed of light, light bends when in a gravitational
field, as it does Moon to Earth. The
deeper the gravitational field the
slower the clock ticks, and still at the speed of light, time does not exist,
thus if you could ride that Quantum Gravitational Wave created by some big
burst of some dying star, you’d not grow
a day older.
Time, Pluto is some seven billion miles
away from earth, its atmosphere is 10% of earth’s; gravity is next to nil. One day on Pluto, is six days on Earth. So
you see how space, time and gravity play a part in the life of the universe.
What exactly is gravity? That’s a good question. It is a force, as
“Star Wars” would say. That is the best
summation. But it is more than that. When a star loses its weight, its nuclear
fuel, it also will lose its gravitational force to hold it together. One might
say, gravity keeps the universe in motion. Black matter, black energy, gravity,
one and all. Gravity shapes space, and time, creates a reaction. An example
might be, when there was nothing in space but matter and antimatter, one
force had to cause a reaction with the
other lest it remain as it was, thus burst where matter dominated antimatter,
created a force, had it not there might
have been mutual destruction, thus it was avoided. The detonator matter, and
the after effects, its debris, is what we see now the stars, galaxies, planets
and life. So what happened? Nature
created discrimination between matter and antimatter, perhaps a decay on the
part of antimatter, by 3% (dealing with
mesons, electrons, positrons, etc.; a good guess!)
And so gravity
is important in both theories, for it can act like a magnet attracting (energy and power) and we must
remember, space and time is not flat, it is not. But curved and distorted by
mass and energy, when I say curved I mean warped like a pool table, that a
person when he is playing pool will first roll a ball from end to end to see if
it is curved, if so, the ball will bend to the curve, this he does not want,
but the universe does.
3-26-2016
