His Handmaidens: Quantum Physics? Sure. Wormhole Science? No problem. The Heisenburg Uncertainty Principle? Oh, that little theory? Forget it.

Friday, May 28, 2010

Quantum Physics? Sure. Wormhole Science? No problem. The Heisenburg Uncertainty Principle? Oh, that little theory? Forget it.

Yeah, well, I couldn't help myself. After watching a couple episodes of a sci-fi show, Stargate SG-1, curiosity finally overcame me (we're halfway through the second season) and I looked up some of the proposed theories.

http://www.sliceofscifi.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/stargate.jpg

http://www.wallpaperbase.com/wallpapers/movie/stargate/stargate_12.jpg

And whoa, somebody studied up on their astro- physics before they wrote this show.

http://mail.colonial.net/~hkaiter/astronomyimagesB/wormhole2.jpg

The theory has been studied, tested, people want to try it. A quick google search proves this.

http://www.andersoninstitute.com/images/wormholes-overview.jpg

By the time I got through three paragraphs (which was no easy task), I was flabbergasted.
I had to look up words like crazy, and it led me to quantum physics and the Heisenberg uncertainty theory:

$- \frac {\hbar ^2}{2m} \frac {d ^2 \psi}{dx^2} = E \psi.$ $\hat{p}_x = -i\hbar\frac{d}{dx}$
$\psi(x) = C \sin kx + D \cos kx.\!$

Which is when I gave up, head sore after five minutes of this fascinating stuff.

Isn't God's work amazing?

In Christ,
Jillian

Friday, May 28, 2010

Quantum Physics? Sure. Wormhole Science? No problem. The Heisenburg Uncertainty Principle? Oh, that little theory? Forget it.

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