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 of Relativity I’m really saying, a theory in
physics, Quantum meaning, nearly the same thing but beyond the normal gauge or
measure 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
witnessed 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 as in, the:
stars, galaxies, planets and life, and we can add to that Black Holes, Worm
Holes or ripples in time and space (as in bending space like folding a piece of paper
in half, and puncturing a hole in it, and finding yourself in the middle of the
paper and having saved half the distance thus, in time and space you have bent
space, and perhaps saved yourself a billion miles in travel time, called
Quantum Physics); thus,
Gravitational Waves are created by astronomical galactic atrocities (also referred to as: GWs). So what happened? Nature created discrimination between matter
and antimatter (in the blackness
of oblivion, or what the universe was at its beginning, just black matter and
black energy), perhaps a
decay on the part of antimatter, by 3% to place (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 (which he hopes is not, wanting it to
be flat, thus no hindrance to his play), if so, if the table is curved, the ball will bend,
or lean forward to the curve, this he does not want, but the universe does.
3-26-2016
