Time and Space

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Time and Space Travelling through and around Time and Space – The possibilities and impossibilities.

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Time and Space. Travelling through and around Time and Space – The possibilities and impossibilities. Famous Astronomers . Galileo. Nicolaus Copernicus. For over a thousand years many Astronomers have gazed up at the stars, - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Time and SpaceTravelling through and around Time and

Space – The possibilities and impossibilities.

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Famous Astronomers Galileo Nicolaus Copernicus

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For over a thousand years many Astronomers have gazed up at the stars, trying to find an explanation for the sheer size of the observable Universe.Only a few hundred years ago Scientists believed the Earth was flat andThat the Sun revolves around the Earth. It was great scientists such as Albert Einstein who discovered most of the aspects of Earth that we take for grantedtoday.

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Despite these discoveries, there is still many questions left unanswered and manyachievements unfulfilled. One of the biggest of these achievements is travelling Large distances in space. Many consider this to be an impossibility, as simply travelling to the moon is such a difficult objective. Despite this, many scientists have come up with theories which one day could be a possibility. One particularlyinteresting theory is a use for the Higgs Boson particle. This is that using theHiggs Boson, a space shuttle would have the capability to actually bend time andspace, to create what is known as a wormhole. Imagine a piece of paper layed flat outon the palm of your hand. If it was bent until it is backwards on itself, in theory you Would be able to travel into the past.

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Despite this promising theory, there is still a major problem with wormholes.This is because of a well – explored concept known as a “Paradox”. A paradoxis a famous result of time travel. An example of a “Paradox” would be if I travelledback in time to stop a bomb from detonating. This would be impossible because if I stop the bomb then when I decide to go to destroy the bomb in the first place,it would never have detonated anyway. This is the more Sci – Fi version of a Wormhole’s impossibility. The second problem is the simple fact that atoms cannot be reversed. If I went back in time to defuse the bomb, without realising it I wouldbring thousands of people “back to life”. As far as we know, this is a scientificimpossibility and is likely to always be just as impossible.

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What are Atoms? Why can’t they be reversed?

Atoms are like tennis balls in there shape and movement.They are highly dangerous when split, something that both Americansand Russians spent years trying to perfect. The reason they cannot be reversed is because atoms make up particles, particles make up cells, cells make up organs, organs make up organ systems and organ systemsmake up an organism. If a man has been dead fifty years, if someone travelled back in time, all of those things would have to be recreated, whichwould certainly be a large amount when you add up every atom for every object and organism that was alive or functional fifty years ago. This is whytime travel is simply not possible.

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SCI–FI SPACE TRAVEL

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SCI–FI SPACE TRAVEL

Within many Sci-Fi (Science Fiction)movies and television programmes, daring Captainsfly ships around space with lasers blasting out ofcannons and space shuttles reaching what is famouslyknown as “Hyper Speed”. Although in these Science Fiction productions it is clear that it is all based farinto the future, unfortunately none of these things arepossible. Let’s take the Death Star as an example. It supposedly orbits around a moon of Endor and wassupposed to have been constructed in space. This bringsup many impossible ideas, such as simply building an object in space that large would not only be highly dangerous for workers, but would also stop them from attaching one object to another. If, for example, the Empire was attaching the death ray to the Death Star,the sheer size of the object would stop it from being attached.

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REAL TIME TRAVEL?This picture taken on the day of John Kennedy’s shooting who is believed to be a genuine time traveller. He can be found in over one hundred photos of places in time. It also appears that there is a man informing him of something, perhaps whispering in his ear. Another theory is that the smartly dressed man is talking to someone else, which would be proof of a Photoshopped hoax.

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WHAT ABOUT SPACE TRAVEL?

Although travelling across space is possible, there is simply no material known to man that could withstandthe heat and pressure of travelling at light speed, let alone an engine thatcould get achieve that speed. Not only this but because the Higgs Boson particle (if found)would need its own CERN on the space shuttle, to allow it to continue its journey. This means until technology advances much further there is no chance of long-distance space travel. This makes creating and using wormholes another impossibility.

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WILL WE EVER TRAVEL TO FAR AWAY GALAXIES IN SCI-FI LIKE SPACE SHUTTLES?

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NOWormholes areimpossible

No material could copewith the speed of the shuttle

The Higgs Bosonwould have to havea CERN built onboard a Shuttle

The speed needed isa mathematical impossibility

The size of the Space Shuttle wouldrequire Alien-like engines

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Thank you for watching my slideshow, go to my website for more information on the Thomas TallisExtended Enquiry about Time and Space.