Saturday, January 2, 2010
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE NON-FICTION SCIENCE :D
Time dilation. (The faster you move relative to a certain point, the slower clocks move, and not only that, but also all biological and chemical processes. So if an astronaut moves at a high speed relative to Earth, his or her internal "body clock" will age slower. If that is the case, then according to this theory, if motion at a speed larger than that of light is possible, time will not only slow down, but travel backwards for that person. It's kind of like a indirect proportional thing.)
Acceleration relative to gravity. (If acceleration in the presence of gravity nullifies it, then acceleration in the absence of gravity should therefore produce "artificial" gravity.)
Curvature of spacetime. (Time is "slower" in a gravitational field, that is, the gravitational field produces the effect of time dilation, and this automatically makes clocks go slower. The slowing of time in a gravitational field is a direct consequence of the curvature of spacetime associatied with gravity. This effect actually has an impact on the speed of light. When the speed of light is measured within a gravitational field, it will still be the standard value, or 300,000 klicks per second. So, if the seconds take longer, then the speed of light within a gravitational field will still be slower relative to that outside a gravitational field.)
Dimensional fields. (If you take in consideration that dimensions are used to determine where one is, depending on the plane, then wouldn't the fourth dimension be considered as time?)
Of course, there are lots more controversial theories about these topics, but I really can't be bothered to post them all.
Posted at 12:23 PM
