About irreversible processes… The everyday experience seems to tell us that time differs from the spatial dimensions on having a direction from the past to the future. Therefore, in the first half of the XX century, Arthur Edington has introduced … Continue reading
Desperately encountering the light barrier Rebellious idea of particles faster than light has naturally arose with the knowledge of the special role of the speed of light as a limit up to which anything massive could be accelerated in our … Continue reading
Trying to cross the vast expanses of the universe According to opinion of some scientists, distortions of space-time can arise in the universe, which have a sense of space-time tunnels — shortcuts for long-distance spatial travels. Moving by a different … Continue reading
Running coupling of particles when they approach close to each other The strong, electromagnetic and weak interaction are probably just different sides of a common interaction that manifests itself at very high temperatures. The intensity of the interactions is controlled … Continue reading
Moving along the familiar four dimensions of the multidimensional universe… Back in the 20s of the last century, the mathematician Theodor Kaluza and the physicist Oskar Klein noticed that adding another dimension to our four-dimensional space-time makes it possible to … Continue reading