This blog…it tries to cover a lot of science, but it’s a bit, well….biological, isn’t it? That’s why we like it when someone suggests a piece on something different. So today, we chose physics. Because this scholar, one Ginestra Bianconi of the prestigious Queen Mary University of London has attempted something which has eluded the very best thinkers for over one hundred years. To unite the world view of the quantum physicists with the relativity crowd.
Now we must admit that we found this hard going. Firstly because the article is in words, and a proper understanding of physics can only come with an good understanding of mathematics. And frankly, we’re terrible at mathematics. And physics. And understanding things for that matter. But, in a nutshell here three key points from an article in Popular Mechanics by the estimable Elizabeth Rayne:
-gravity may be the result of entropy
-gravitational fields may be made of dark matter
-spacetime is a quantum operator
-spacetime has a low energy and a slight curvature
Clever isn’t it? So now, gentle readers we urge you to dig deeper, using the links we have here adduced. And if any of you have any ideas what on earth is going on, please write to us. We would love to know.
thanks to p seymour
[1]tps://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a64069299/gravity-entropy-unified-theory/
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