The Riddle of Gravitation

The Riddle of Gravitation
Author: Peter Gabriel Bergmann
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Total Pages: 266
Release: 1987
Genre: Science
ISBN:

Thought-provoking nonmathematical introduction to the conceptual foundations of both Newton's and Einstein's theories of gravitation. Special relativity theory, general relativity theory, other topics. This updated edition features material on gravitational radiation detectors, current problems in cosmology, singularities of the gravitational field, and more.

Einstein's Opponents

Einstein's Opponents
Author: Milena Wazeck
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2014-01-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1107653894

This detailed account of the controversy surrounding the publication of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity explores the ferocious popular and academic opposition which at one time encircled one of the most important scientific breakthroughs of the twentieth century. Based on extensive archival research, this fascinating discourse includes a compelling and entertaining examination of the contemporary literature created by Einstein's detractors. Exploring the arguments and strategies, social contexts, and motivations of Einstein's detractors, and providing unique insights into the dynamics of scientific controversies, this book is ideal for anyone interested in the history and philosophy of physics, popular science, and the public understanding of science.

Traveling at the Speed of Thought

Traveling at the Speed of Thought
Author: Daniel Kennefick
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2016-03-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1400882745

Since Einstein first described them nearly a century ago, gravitational waves have been the subject of more sustained controversy than perhaps any other phenomenon in physics. These as yet undetected fluctuations in the shape of space-time were first predicted by Einstein's general theory of relativity, but only now, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, are we on the brink of finally observing them. Daniel Kennefick's landmark book takes readers through the theoretical controversies and thorny debates that raged around the subject of gravitational waves after the publication of Einstein's theory. The previously untold story of how we arrived at a settled theory of gravitational waves includes a stellar cast from the front ranks of twentieth-century physics, including Richard Feynman, Hermann Bondi, John Wheeler, Kip Thorne, and Einstein himself, who on two occasions avowed that gravitational waves do not exist, changing his mind both times. The book derives its title from a famously skeptical comment made by Arthur Stanley Eddington in 1922--namely, that "gravitational waves propagate at the speed of thought." Kennefick uses the title metaphorically to contrast the individual brilliance of each of the physicists grappling with gravitational-wave theory against the frustratingly slow progression of the field as a whole. Accessibly written and impeccably researched, this book sheds new light on the trials and conflicts that have led to the extraordinary position in which we find ourselves today--poised to bring the story of gravitational waves full circle by directly confirming their existence for the very first time.

The Time Travel Handbook

The Time Travel Handbook
Author: David Hatcher Childress
Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1999
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9780932813688

An authoritative chronicling of real-life time travel experiments, teleportation devices and more.

Einstein's Dice and Schršdinger's Cat

Einstein's Dice and Schršdinger's Cat
Author: Paul Halpern
Publisher:
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2015-04-14
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0465075711

When the fuzzy indeterminacy of quantum mechanics overthrew the orderly world of Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and Erwin Schrödinger were at the forefront of the revolution. Neither man was ever satisfied with the standard interpretation of quantum mechanics, however, and both rebelled against what they considered the most preposterous aspect of quantum mechanics: its randomness. Einstein famously quipped that God does not play dice with the universe, and Schrödinger constructed his famous fable of a cat that was neither alive nor dead not to explain quantum mechanics but to highlight the apparent absurdity of a theory gone wrong. But these two giants did more than just criticize: they fought back, seeking a Theory of Everything that would make the universe seem sensible again. In Einstein’s Dice and Schrödinger’s Cat, physicist Paul Halpern tells the little-known story of how Einstein and Schrödinger searched, first as collaborators and then as competitors, for a theory that transcended quantum weirdness. This story of their quest—which ultimately failed—provides readers with new insights into the history of physics and the lives and work of two scientists whose obsessions drove its progress. Today, much of modern physics remains focused on the search for a Theory of Everything. As Halpern explains, the recent discovery of the Higgs Boson makes the Standard Model—the closest thing we have to a unified theory— nearly complete. And while Einstein and Schrödinger failed in their attempt to explain everything in the cosmos through pure geometry, the development of string theory has, in its own quantum way, brought this idea back into vogue. As in so many things, even when they were wrong, Einstein and Schrödinger couldn’t help but get a great deal right.

The Episode of Life

The Episode of Life
Author: Amjad Fatemi Phd
Publisher: Amjad Fatemi
Total Pages: 558
Release: 2011-04
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1432769626

The Episode of Life "Consciousness, Creation, and the Universe" " The journey of life is about how consciously a person reflects upon the stream of light and sound that surges from the trinity of Ultimate Consciousness." That guides a seeker of truth to understand where he has come from, why is here, and where is his destination. It is facts base of human finding, undiscovered time, and function of consciousness on journey of self-discovery, as they seek to understand the formation of the universe, creation, and the meaning of life. Consciousness is the reality of existence from that reality truth can be recognized. Part One: Human Background and Knowledge The ladder of human knowledge reveals how knowledge has been built up through three eras to the scientific approach of general knowledge, classical knowledge, and quantum knowledge. Part Two: Beyond Human Knowledge It explains the concepts of truth, the ocean of existence, the mind, form and image, and passions, desires and needs, and it unfolds the process whereby the human mind deals with knowledge by fragmenting any reality into pieces and then restructuring each concept in order to build up a concrete truth. Human mind is an evolved inherited animalistic mind from which human behavior and character have developed, and it deals with two groups of images: Basic Images and Abstract Images, through those human consciousness has been evolved. Part Three: Consciousness, Mind, and Duality Duality based on the concepts of Twin-times and Virtual space in effect sets up layers of an information system pattern which unifies sub-particles, planets, and the entire universe. Part Four: Evolution of the Mind and the Dawn of Human Consciousness Delving further into the evolution of the human mind, this section discusses the dawn of human evolutionary consciousness through the second memory. This brings up the mindset of thought form based on basic fear, abstract fear, social fear, and mind passions. Part Five: Beyond Egoistic Mind This section focuses on the still mind, the inner self, recognition, acceptance, society, and education. Part Six: Beliefs and Spiritual Consciousness Crossroad Part Six is concerned with spirituality, the fourth stage of knowledge after that deals with new era of human consciousness, and discusses beliefs, higher and lower consciousness, concepts of deity and devil, mission of enlightened soul, logic, emotion, and the process of consciousness expansion. Part Seven: Physical Body and Awareness Our body is a biochemical time machine that harmonizes at every moment with every level of awareness, and its timing sequence synchronizes every aspect of life without divergence. Biochemical time machine patterns alter at every moment in regards to attitude and awareness. Consciousness Atom (Soul) on its continuity of life at different gender creates psychological behavior. Part Eight: Creation of Consciousness This part deals with the composition of ultimate consciousness, spiritual consciousness, cosmic consciousness, format of creation, soul and gender, and spiritual psychology. Conceptualizing creation through Abstract Conscious Mind leads us to theorize how the universe is created from big bang or many other speculations. Part Nine: Creation of the Universe Understanding the existence of the universe depends on how the microcosmic mind can perceive the macrocosm. This is the culmination of bases of knowledge, and it brings the focus to Electrosonic field as a connecting aspect of the every pattern in the universe and answers to the questions of the origin and formation of the universe, space and time, Big Bang, black holes, puzzle of awareness, Electrosonic field and it is the wave of Gravitation model of the universe, form of the universe, and life. The conclusion is life and love.

Einstein's Revolution: A Study Of Theory Unification

Einstein's Revolution: A Study Of Theory Unification
Author: Rinat M. Nugayev
Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2018-03-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1681086352

Einstein’s Revolution: A Study of Theory Unification gives students of physics and philosophy, and general readers, an epistemological insight into the genesis of Einstein’s special relativity and its further unification with other theories. The book starts with an introductory analysis of the reasons for mature theory change in science. This leads to a discussion about special relativity genesis. It is contended that Einstein’s ingenious approach to special relativity creation, substantially distinguishing him from Lorentz’s and Poincaré’s invaluable impacts, turns to be a milestone of maxwellian electrodynamics, statistical mechanics and thermodynamics reconciliation design. Special relativity turns out to be grounded on Einstein’s breakthrough 1905 light quantum hypothesis. Eventually the author amends the received view on the general relativity genesis by stressing that the main reason for Einstein’s victory over the rival programmes of Abraham and Nordström was a unificationist character of Einstein’s research programme.