Science > Physics > DID MATHER AND SMOOT CONTRIBUTE TO GENERAL RELATIVITY?
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"Pentcho Valev" |
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05 Oct 2006 04:02:12 AM |
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DID MATHER AND SMOOT CONTRIBUTE TO GENERAL RELATIVITY? |
http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn10216&feedId=online-news_rss20
"The 2006 Nobel prize for physics has been awarded to John Mather and
George Smoot for their contribution to the big bang theory of the
origin of the universe."
http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/page.asp?id=1516
Professor Stephen Hawking FRS - Big Bang and Infinity
"This discovery was part of Stephen's collaboration with Roger Penrose
through which they used General Relativity to show that space and real
time began with a Big Bang, and how they would end in black holes."
It seems a contribution to the big bang theory is at the same time a
contribution to general relativity as well. Then why is this latter
contribution not mentioned by the Nobel committee? Could this have
something to do with the following confessions of Einstein's:
Einstein: "If the speed of light is the least bit affected by the speed
of the light source, then my whole theory of relativity and theory of
gravity is false."
Einstein again: "I consider it quite possible that physics cannot be
based on the field concept,i.e., on continuous structures. In that
case, nothing remains of my entire castle in the air, gravitation
theory included, [and of] the rest of modern physics."
Pentcho Valev
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| User: "Joe Jakarta" |
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| Title: Re: DID MATHER AND SMOOT CONTRIBUTE TO GENERAL RELATIVITY? |
05 Oct 2006 05:19:49 AM |
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Millions of years.
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| User: "Joe Jakarta" |
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| Title: Re: DID MATHER AND SMOOT CONTRIBUTE TO GENERAL RELATIVITY? |
14 Oct 2006 08:10:33 AM |
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Joe Jakarta wrote:
Millions of years.
Billions of years.
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| User: "Igor" |
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| Title: Re: DID MATHER AND SMOOT CONTRIBUTE TO GENERAL RELATIVITY? |
05 Oct 2006 12:18:34 PM |
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Pentcho Valev wrote:
Einstein: "If the speed of light is the least bit affected by the speed
of the light source, then my whole theory of relativity and theory of
gravity is false."
So would Maxwell's equations be affected to the point that we would
have noticed by now. So there's nothing to worry about here.
Einstein again: "I consider it quite possible that physics cannot be
based on the field concept,i.e., on continuous structures. In that
case, nothing remains of my entire castle in the air, gravitation
theory included, [and of] the rest of modern physics."
And physics is still based on continuous fundamental structures even
now, so nothing to worry about here either.
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| User: "Randy Poe" |
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| Title: Re: DID MATHER AND SMOOT CONTRIBUTE TO GENERAL RELATIVITY? |
05 Oct 2006 09:30:58 AM |
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Pentcho Valev wrote:
http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn10216&feedId=online-news_rss20
"The 2006 Nobel prize for physics has been awarded to John Mather and
George Smoot for their contribution to the big bang theory of the
origin of the universe."
http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/page.asp?id=1516
Professor Stephen Hawking FRS - Big Bang and Infinity
"This discovery was part of Stephen's collaboration with Roger Penrose
through which they used General Relativity to show that space and real
time began with a Big Bang, and how they would end in black holes."
It seems a contribution to the big bang theory is at the same time a
contribution to general relativity as well.
It may seem so to you, but you would be incorrect.
Then why is this latter
contribution not mentioned by the Nobel committee?
Because your surmise is incorrect.
Could this have
something to do with the following confessions of Einstein's:
Einstein: "If the speed of light is the least bit affected by the speed
of the light source, then my whole theory of relativity and theory of
gravity is false."
No.
Einstein again: "I consider it quite possible that physics cannot be
based on the field concept,i.e., on continuous structures. In that
case, nothing remains of my entire castle in the air, gravitation
theory included, [and of] the rest of modern physics."
And no.
- Randy
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: DID MATHER AND SMOOT CONTRIBUTE TO GENERAL RELATIVITY? |
05 Oct 2006 11:50:59 AM |
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Pentcho Valev wrote:
http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn10216&feedId=online-news_rss20
"The 2006 Nobel prize for physics has been awarded to John Mather and
George Smoot for their contribution to the big bang theory of the
origin of the universe."
http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/page.asp?id=1516
Professor Stephen Hawking FRS - Big Bang and Infinity
"This discovery was part of Stephen's collaboration with Roger Penrose
through which they used General Relativity to show that space and real
time began with a Big Bang, and how they would end in black holes."
It seems a contribution to the big bang theory is at the same time a
contribution to general relativity as well. Then why is this latter
contribution not mentioned by the Nobel committee? Could this have
something to do with the following confessions of Einstein's:
Because the big bang is one particular solution of relativity
equations,
not the only one.
Einstein: "If the speed of light is the least bit affected by the speed
of the light source, then my whole theory of relativity and theory of
gravity is false."
Einstein again: "I consider it quite possible that physics cannot be
based on the field concept,i.e., on continuous structures. In that
case, nothing remains of my entire castle in the air, gravitation
theory included, [and of] the rest of modern physics."
Pentcho Valev
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