Faster Than The Speed Of Light
Faster Than The Speed Of Light

Author: Joao Magueijo

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2011-12-31

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 144813403X

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The idea that the speed of light is a constant - at 186,000 miles per second - is one of the few scientific facts that almost everyone knows. That constant - c- also appears in the most famous of all scientific equations: e=mc2- Yet over the last few years, a small group of highly reputable young physicists have suggested that the central dogma of modern physics may not be an absolute truth - light may have moved faster in the earlier life of the universe, it may still be moving at different speeds elsewhere today. In telling the story of this heresy, and its gradual journey towards acceptance, Joao Magueijo writes as one of the three central figures in the story, introducing the reader to modern cosmology, to the implications of VSL (variable speed of light) and to the world of physicists. The initial rejection of Magueijo's ideas is beginning to give way to a reluctant acceptance that the young men may have a point - only the next few years will tell the final fate of this 'dangerous' idea.

Faster Than Light
Faster Than Light

Author: Nick Herbert

Publisher: Plume

Published: 1989-11-30

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780452263178

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"Even though most physicists believe that the speed of light is as fast as anyone can go, Einstein's theory of special relativity does not rule out faster-than-light (FTL) travel. On the contrary, it seems to indicate that certain superluminal or FTL effects would permit us to re-experience the past: time travel would become a reality, not science fiction. Through this crack in the cosmic egg steps Herbert, a Stanford physicist and author of Quantum Reality, who summarizes clearly current speculation and theory about faster-than-light travel. Along with space warps, black holes and tachyons (hypothetical FTL particles), he looks at the so-called 'quantum connection'—an alleged force said to instantaneously link any two subatomic particles long after they have bumped into each other. Free of the woolgathering that tints much writing on the 'new physics', this brave, exciting book should send scientists back to their drawing boards; for the nonspecialist reader, it reveals a world much stranger than Star Trek."—Publishers Weekly "Original, challenging, and audacious."—San Diego Magazine

Loving Faster Than Light
Loving Faster Than Light

Author: Katy Price

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2012-11-12

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 0226680738

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This is an insightful examination of one of the essential problems of the history of science - how does elite, esoteric knowledge get read, used, modified, and owned by those outside the professional scientific community? Price focuses on one of the defining scientific ideas of the 20th century and skillfully demonstrates the many genres and styles through which it was adopted and changed.

What's Faster Than a Speeding Cheetah?
What's Faster Than a Speeding Cheetah?

Author: Robert E. Wells

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 37

ISBN-13: 0807593524

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What's faster than a cheetah?—no animal on earth can run faster. But a peregrine falcon can swoop faster than a cheetah can run. And the falcon can't compare to an airplane, a rocket, or the speed of light. Lively text and watercolors will make children laugh while they learn all about speed.

Lightspeed
Lightspeed

Author: John C. H. Spence

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2019-10-14

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 0198841965

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This is the human story and adventures of the great scientists who measured the speed of light -- which takes eight minutes to get here from the sun, so that when we look at the stars we are looking back in time. The book narrates how, since the ancient Greeks, scientists from Faraday, Maxwell, Fizeau and Michelson struggled to understand how light can travel through the vacuum of outer space, unless it is filled with a ghostly invisible vortex Aether foam. Thereader moves from Galileo's observations of the eclipses of Jupiter's moon for navigation, to Einstein's theories and his equation E = mc2, and all the quantum weirdness which followed. Space probes,the Transit of Venus expeditions, the discovery of radio, optics and satellite navigation, and the amazing scientific instruments built to detect the Aether wind are described.

Hunting the Faster than Light Tachyon, and Finding Three Unicorns and a Herd of Elephants
Hunting the Faster than Light Tachyon, and Finding Three Unicorns and a Herd of Elephants

Author: Robert Ehrlich

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2022-05-18

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 1000587991

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In 1905, Albert Einstein declared speeds greater than light to be impossible. This book describes the author’s decades-long search for the hypothetical subatomic particles known as tachyons that violate this principle. This book is a scientific detective story. The crime is speeding—that is, the possible breaking of the cosmic speed limit, namely the speed of light, as stipulated by Einstein. This detective story is also a memoir written by a member of a band of "tachyon hunters." The author’s pursuit of tachyons has been met with skepticism from most physicists, who note correctly that no such superluminal particles have ever been surely observed and that there have been many false sightings. Nevertheless, considerable circumstantial evidence for tachyons has already been published and an ongoing experiment could decide the issue in the next few years. This book is written for the general reader, containing humor and eliminating jargon whenever possible, and will also be of interest to scientists. The hunt for the tachyon will fascinate all readers who approach the study of physics with curious and open minds.

Speed of Light
Speed of Light

Author: Sybil Rosen

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2001-03

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 0689841515

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An eleven-year-old Jewish girl living in the South during the 1950s struggles with the antisemitism and racism which pervade her small community.

Why Does E=mc2?
Why Does E=mc2?

Author: Brian Cox

Publisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated

Published: 2009-07-14

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 0306817586

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A deeply fascinating, engaging, and highly accessible explanation of Einstein's equation, using everyday life to explore the principles of physics.

Special Relativity and Motions Faster than Light
Special Relativity and Motions Faster than Light

Author: Moses Fayngold

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2008-09-08

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 3527622438

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While the theory of special relativity is often associated with the idea of traveling faster than light, this book shows that in all these cases subtle forces of nature conspire to prevent these motions being harnessed to send signals faster than the speed of light. The author tackles these topics both conceptually, with minimal or no mathematics, and quantitatively, making use of numerous illustrations to clarify the discussion. The result is a joy to read for both scientists familiar with the subject and laypeople wishing to understand something of special relativity.

Life at the Speed of Light
Life at the Speed of Light

Author: J. Craig Venter

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2014-09-30

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 0143125907

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“Venter instills awe for biology as it is, and as it might become in our hands.” —Publishers Weekly On May 20, 2010, headlines around the world announced one of the most extraordinary accomplishments in modern science: the creation of the world’s first synthetic lifeform. In Life at the Speed of Light, scientist J. Craig Venter, best known for sequencing the human genome, shares the dramatic account of how he led a team of researchers in this pioneering effort in synthetic genomics—and how that work will have a profound impact on our existence in the years to come. This is a fascinating and authoritative study that provides readers an opportunity to ponder afresh the age-old question “What is life?” at the dawn of a new era of biological engineering.