The Mayan, the Jews, Bose-Einstein Condensate, and then MIT. I was enraptured when Dr. Hau at MIT was able to demonstrate how time decelerates considerably as it passes through BEC. As mortal, as intelligent as we are, time and space constantly a reminder of our "size" in the scheme of the universe.
The Mayans, in their eyes, time was a circle. The Jews, time was a line. But when I saw what BEC can do to a "particle" of light, time seems ........ more tangible and perhaps even applicable, not just in physics and philosophy, but also in our tangible, dizzying world of i Phone, iPad, Tianhe-1 supercomputer, MRI Scanners, and ever faster and numerous Gadgets.
I must bow my head at how long it takes many ingenious men (Bose, Einstein, et. al.) to wrestle with the angel of time, and finally catch a glimpse of his countenance.
While we progress in our small little earth, the angel of time looks on.
P.S.: Time, is not just the "toys" of physicists, they are also the stuffs of nursing, unless we forgot Erik Erikson. Imagine that fictitious old man lying there on his bed, wrestling with integrity or despair. Like Cher said, if I could turn back......!!!
E=MC^2
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T= M'D^2/E
The left side of the equation should have a square root, thus canceling 2 in D^2.
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