History and Philosophy of Physics

The Movement of Time: Causes and Consequences

Authors: Aleksander Maltsev
Comments: 8 Pages. In Russian

The question of the emergence of the duration of an event by the movement of the present (the moment "now") in time is considered. The analysis of the dimensionality of the velocity of time motion is made. Based on the differences in the motion of matter in time and in space, the conclusion of the abstractness of time as the duration of an event and reality only in the present is obtained. The abstractness of the concept of time, allows in the duration of an event, to choose any moment as a point of reference. The natural point of reference is the present. The present divides time into past and future. A variant of the present, as a period of transformation of the future into the past, is considered. The sum of transformation periods creates the duration of an event, which is usually called time. It is concluded that it is impossible to travel in time. It is shown that the cause of the present, in time, is the acceleration of the rate of time in the Universe. Options for checking the conclusions are offered.
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Will the Real Rainbow Please Stand Up? Putting Spacetime in Its Place

Authors: Georgina Woodward
Comments: 7 Pages.

The function of this meander is ‘putting spacetime in its place’; Though not overtly the theme. A quick look at a variety of ideas related to observation product production, (including rainbows.) Also considered is replacement of spacetime with uni-temporal space for the home of existential matter. Ending up at the need to reconsider the cause of gravity in that case.
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The 70,368,744,177,664 Names of God

Authors: Tariq Khan
Comments: 4 Pages. Dedicated to the memory of Arthur C Clarke

The classic science fiction story from Arthur C. Clarke called The Nine Billion Names of God is assessed and updated. Modern day interpretations are created using genetic and quantum computing qubit engineering to propose an analogous technical, if not metaphysically interesting, engineering target that will likely be achieved by the year 2040.
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Medidas Terrestres (Terrestrial Measures)

Authors: Carlos Alejandro Chiappini
Comments: 3 Pages. carloschiappini@gmail.com

Aprendemos en la escuela que el metro es una fracción de meridiano terrestre y que la fracción es escogida convencionalmente. ¿ Es verdad que el metro es una medida puramente convencional ? Cuesta creer que la naturaleza no contenga un patrón de tamaño propio a escala macroscópica. No pienso en un objeto natural que tenga el tamaño patrón. Pienso en un patrón deducible de datos referidos a fenómenos naturales, un patrón legítimo, establecido sin introducir convención alguna.Los datos históricos muestran que el metro es herencia de civilizaciones muy antiguas que lo usaban. En algunas construcciones del Egipto antiguo fue hallado un objeto con forma de pirámide denominado Piramidión. La altura del piramidión más antiguo hallado hasta hoy es exactamente un metro, medida con el patrón actual. Otra de sus medidas es 1,57 m , que coincide con la altura multiplicada por pi . Si el metro actual fuese puramente convencional, sería necesaria una casualidad extrema para que nuestro metro y el piramidión coincidan exactamente.Este documento muestra una relación inesperada entre el metro, el sistema decimal, el sistema de las docenas, la velocidad de la luz en el vacío y la duración del día terrestre. Es decir una aritmética del espacio y del tiempo que se conecta con los sistemas heredados de la antigüedad.

We learn in school that the meter is a fraction of the terrestrial meridian and that the fraction is chosen conventionally. Is it true that the meter is a purely conventional measure ? It is hard to believe that nature does not contain a pattern of its own size on a macroscopic scale. I don't think of a natural object that has the standard size. I am thinking of a deductible pattern of data referring to natural phenomena, a legitimate pattern, established without introducing any convention. Historical data shows that the metro is the legacy of very ancient civilizations that used it. In some ancient Egyptian constructions an object with pyramidal shape called a pyramidion. The height of the oldest pyramidion found to date is exactly one meter, measured with the current standard. Another of its measurements is 1.57 m, which is equal to the height multiplied by pi. If today's meter were purely conventional, extreme chance would be necessary for our meter and the pyramidion to coincide exactly. This document shows an unexpected relationship between the meter, the decimal system, the system of dozens, the speed of light in a vacuum and the length of the Earth's day. That is, an arithmetic of space and time that is connected with the systems inherited from antiquity.
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Fenomenología: Hamilton Y Maxwell (Phenomenology: Hamilton and Maxwell)

Authors: Carlos Alejandro Chiappini
Comments: 8 Pages. Email: carloschiappini@gmail.com

Physical science has consolidated a gnoseological structure based on phenomena classes. Each class contains specific laws. Some examples? Mechanics, thermodynamics, electrodynamics, gravitation. All of that belongs to a physical world that functions as an integrated general system. Would it be possible to find a generic law of the physical phenomenon? In other words, an independent law of the phenomenon analyzed, a law that no kind can avoid, a law that expresses relations of order, dependence and interdependence complied with by all physical phenomena. Hamilton has given an answer formulated mathematically. The objective of this document is to show the conceptual scope where this formulation shines potently.

La ciencia física ha consolidado una estructura gnoseológica basada en clases de fenómenos. Cada clase contiene leyes específicas. ¿ Algunos ejemplos ? Mecánica, termodinámica, electrodinámica, gravitación. Todo eso pertenece a un mundo físico que funciona como un sistema general integrado. ¿ Sería posible encontrar una ley genérica del fenómeno físico ? Es decir una ley independiente de la clase fenómeno analizado, una ley que ninguna clase pueda eludir, una ley que exprese relaciones de orden, de dependencia y de interdependencia cumplidas por todos los fenómenos físicos. Hamilton ha dado una respuesta formulada matemáticamente. El objetivo de este documento es mostrar el ámbito conceptual donde esa formulación brilla potentemente.
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Cómo Entendemos al Espacio Y al Tiempo?
How do We Understand Space and Time?

Authors: Carlos Alejandro Chiappini
Comments: 7 Pages. Email: carloschiappini@gmail.com

El concepto habitual de tiempo es erróneo. ¿ Podemos reemplazarlo por otro mejor ? Sí. ¿ Qué necesitamos para eso ? Comprender cabalmente el significado y el alcance de la física electromagnética, sobre la base de las publicaciones aparecidas en el siglo 19. ¿ Por qué la referencia especial a ese siglo ? El desarrollo del documento permite responder la pregunta y plantear otras nuevas, de alcance mayor. Básicamente, lo que denominamos tiempo pertenece al dominio de las ondas electgromagnéticas. La física de estas ondas está mejor y más amplitamente expuesta en la bibliografía decimonónica que en la bibliografía y en las aulas de actuales. Concretamente, la naturaleza de lo que denominamos tiempo se basa en ondas electromagnéticas cohabitando el espacio sin perturbarse ni influirse mutuamente. Según las leyes del electromagnetismo, pasado, presente y futuro cohabitan el mismo espacio. Nada prohibe acceder desde un tiempo a otros. Para hacerlo es suficiente un buen conocimiento de las leyes del campo electromagnético y buen criterio para aplicarlas técnicamente. Eso ha sido realizado en la práctica desde la época de Maxwell.

The usual concept of time is wrong. Can we replace it with a better one ? Yes. What do we need for that? Fully understand the meaning and scope of electromagnetic physics, based on the publications that appeared in the 19th century. Why the special reference to that century? The development of the document allows answering the question and raising new ones, of greater scope. Basically, what we call time belongs to the domain of electromagnetic waves. The physics of these waves is better and more extensively exposed in the nineteenth-century bibliography than in the current bibliography and classrooms. Specifically, the nature of what we call time is based on electromagnetic waves cohabiting space without disturbing or influencing each other. According to the laws of electromagnetism, past, present and future co-inhabit the same space. Nothing prohibits access from one time to another. To do so, a good knowledge of the laws of the electromagnetic field and good judgment to apply them technically is sufficient. That has been done in practice since Maxwell's time.
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