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1895 British author H.G. Wells publishes “The Time Machine.”
1905 Albert Einstein’s special theory of relativity shows that space and time are relative, not absolute, and that time is actually a fourth dimension within what he calls “space-time.”
1916 Einstein discovers that space-time is curved.
1937 Mathematician Kurt Goedel proposes that the universe itself may be a time machine.
1949 Goedel demonstrates mathematically that pathways through time are possible.
1967 U.S. physicist John Wheeler invents the name “black hole” to describe singularities in space and time.
1974 Astrophysicist Frank Tipler plots paths around a vast, imaginary spinning cylinder, confirming that paths through time can exist.
1987 Air Force scientist and engineer David Anderson proposes his time-warped field theory.
1988 Caltech University’s Kip Thorne suggests using wormholes as a possible means of time travel.
1990 David Anderson extends time-warped field theory creating the worlds’ first complete space-time model and virtual laboratory.
1991 Richard Gott at Princeton University proves that cosmic strings could be used for time travel.
1995 The Time Travel Research Center is formed by David Anderson.
Posted: January 27th, 2008 under Time.
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15 Millenia before the Greeks - Paleolithic Man was expressing the passing of time in his cave art.
In the 8th Century B.C. - Homer conceptualized time in his great works.
Most ancient civilizations believed that time was cyclic… that it had regular cycles. They believed this because everything around them in nature showed a kind of resurrection and repeatability…
like the rising and falling of the ocean tides and rivers,
the return of the seasons,
and the cycles of the heavens. All of these supported this belief.
But the greatest efforts to study, understand and define exactly “what time is”… began with the great philosophers of ancient Greece.
Some of the most commonly accepted and studied views of time in philosophy were presented by:
Plato, in the 5th century BC, who treated time metaphorically as the moving image of eternity.
Later… Aristotle, in the 4th century BC, described time physically as the number or measure of motion,
Plotinus, in the 3rd century, treated time metaphysically as the productive life of the soul, and
And then St. Augustine, in the 4th century, who treated time in a very new way… psychologically… as an illusionary product of our mind.
St. Augustine’s view is still a very popular and provocative subject today.
Could it be… that St. Augustine is correct?
We have been searching for centuries… but finding a true definition of time continues to escape us… even to this day.
So… this leads to a very important question:
Does time really exist?
Posted: January 27th, 2008 under Time.
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Imagine traveling in time, some process that will enable you to go on a journey backwards or forward into time and return to the same place you started from at the moment you left. Imagine traveling back in time to witness the events that changed history, to meet yourself as a child, or to meet your own maternal grandmother before your mother was born… or traveling forward in time to see if and how mankind survives and to return with that knowledge of future events.
Common sense tells us that time travel is impossible. Common sense also tells us that it is nonsense to suggest that moving objects shrink and get heavier, and that an astronaut who travels to a distant star and returns to earth will be younger than her twin brother. But this isn’t science fiction… its science fact!
Only 100 years ago space travel, nuclear power, and even computers were nonsense and the sheerest of fantasy. Today they are so much a part of our daily lives that we take them for granted. When we complete the development of time travel technology, it will certainly mean abandoning some cherished beliefs about the nature of reality.
Here on our web-site you will find information to help you gain an understanding and explore with us this exciting new frontier in the pursuit of time travel.
The final achievement of the technology permitting time travel will represent the greatest achievement in mankind’s history — transforming our world and our reality in a manner that is difficult to comprehend. Join the scientific quest and adventure and explore the possibilities with the Time Travel Research Center.
Posted: January 27th, 2008 under Time.
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The main aim of this CTC Construct, scale model prototype is to test a hypothetical design (I discovered by accident), for a device or construct to generate closed timelike curves. The CTC Construct is a scale model prototype for a full-sized manned prototype, known as the Flight Test Article (FTA): Defiance. The FTA: Defiance is an 12ft by 12ft by 6ft, prototype Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aerosplace vehicle, which has taken nearly six years to design. The design for the CTC Construct and FTA Defiance, was largely inspired by the work carried by Thomas Townsend Brown and Nikola Tesla. I have combined their work with quantum theory and the principles of electrostatics and tribo-electrification, to product a vehicle, unlike any other, (See figure one).
Posted: January 27th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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EINSTEIN’S THEORY OF RELATIVITY
In 1915 Einstein formulated a new theory of gravitation that reconciled the force of gravitation with the requirements of his theory of special relativity. He proposed that gravitational effects move at the speed of c. He called this theory general relativity to distinguish it from special relativity, which only holds when there is no force of gravitation. General relativity produces predictions very close to those of Newton’s theory in most familiar situations, such as the moon orbiting the earth. Einstein’s theory differed from Newton’s theory, however, in that it described gravitation as a curvature of space and time.
In Einstein’s general theory of relativity, he proposed that space and time may be united into a single, four-dimensional geometry consisting of 3 space dimensions and 1 time dimension. In this geometry, called spacetime, the motions of particles from point to point as time progresses are represented by curves called world lines. If there is no gravity acting, the most natural lines in this geometry are straight lines, and they represent particles that are moving always in the same direction with the same speed—that is, particles that have no force acting on them. If a particle is acted on by a force, then its world line will not be straight. Einstein also proposed that the effect of gravitation should not be represented as the deviation of a world line from straightness, as it would be for an electrical force. If gravitation is present, it should not be considered a force. Rather, gravitation changes the most natural world lines and thereby curves the geometry of spacetime. In a curved geometry, such as the two-dimensional surface of the earth, there are no straight lines. Instead, there are special curves called geodesics, an example of which are great circles around the earth. These special curves are at each point as straight as possible, and they are the most natural lines in a curved geometry. The effect of gravitation would be to influence the geodesics in spacetime. Near sources of gravitation the space is strongly curved and the geodesics behave less and less like those in flat, uncurved spacetime. In the solar system, for example, the effect of the sun and the earth is to cause the moon to move on a geodesic that winds around the geodesic of the earth 12 times a year.
Posted: January 27th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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