Quantum Physics and Nuclear Propulsion

Morlan

Morlan

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So, the highest number ever counted is a Googol (ten duotrigintillion), or:
10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ~numeric overflow ERROR in showthread.php at line 285

What happens if you add 1 to the end of it? Will the universe blow up?

On a more serious note.. I've been reading a book twice the width of my head about Quantum Physics. It's extremely interesting and mind-numbingly boring.

I became interested a few years ago after researching the NASA STS-75 "Tether Incident". I'm sure most of you are aware of it.

NASA STS-75 (Part 1)

NASA STS-75 (Part 2) - Quantum Physics and Nuclear Propulsion

Now, don't get out your tinfoil hats just yet. If you have a quick 3.5 hours to spare during your lunch break, have a look at the above videos. It contains very good scientific and investigative research. It's all very intriguing, but I tend to get a little lost during his Quantum Physics lecture.

What do you guys make of QP in relation to the STS-75 incident? I'm sure it's been discussed several time here before, but I'd welcome some input from interested users before I stick this book on the dusty shelf for eternity.
 
well, we have the googolplex which is 10^googol lol.

I Remember reading about it ok Wiki, was sooo mind boggoling. I'm sure I read somewhere it would be impossible to write a googolplex down because 1 there isn't enough material in the know universe which could make the ammount of ink required to write it, and also there isn't enough space in the actual universe to store such a number. Bit of a pointless number IMO haha.
 
I couldn't sleep So I've just finshed watching it, Some pretty interesting ideas there.While some/most of it was above my head I still enjoyed it.

If an alien spacecraft did ever land on Earth the Russians would likely hammer a flag into it and claim it as there own:rolleyes:
 
Ghosteh said:
well, we have the googolplex which is 10^googol lol.

I Remember reading about it ok Wiki, was sooo mind boggoling. I'm sure I read somewhere it would be impossible to write a googolplex down because 1 there isn't enough material in the know universe which could make the ammount of ink required to write it, and also there isn't enough space in the actual universe to store such a number. Bit of a pointless number IMO haha.
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Surely if you combined every cpu/ram/hdd on Earth you could type a googolplex?:p
 
Morlan said:
So, the highest number ever counted is a Googol (ten duotrigintillion), or:
10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ~numeric overflow ERROR in showthread.php at line 285

What happens if you add 1 to the end of it? Will the universe blow up?

On a more serious note.. I've been reading a book twice the width of my head about Quantum Physics. It's extremely interesting and mind-numbingly boring.

I became interested a few years ago after researching the NASA STS-75 "Tether Incident". I'm sure most of you are aware of it.

NASA STS-75 (Part 1)

NASA STS-75 (Part 2) - Quantum Physics and Nuclear Propulsion

Now, don't get out your tinfoil hats just yet. If you have a quick 3.5 hours to spare during your lunch break, have a look at the above videos. It contains very good scientific and investigative research. It's all very intriguing, but I tend to get a little lost during his Quantum Physics lecture.

What do you guys make of QP in relation to the STS-75 incident? I'm sure it's been discussed several time here before, but I'd welcome some input from interested users before I stick this book on the dusty shelf for eternity.
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Numbers, by design, mean that you can never reach the "highest" number. The largest number is infinity.

In essence the number system is the most basic of all linear equations. Y(t) = Y(t-1) + 1. If you imagine it as a straight line that is unbounded, the idea of infinity makes sense.

It's trival to prove that the number series is non-convergent, and hence will continue to increase irrespective if we can calculate it or not.

QM is an interesting subject, but I'm much more of a Newtonian scientist. For me the fundamental behaviour of the universe is not random, but involves "hidden layers" which at this point we do not understand. The problem with current physics is the duality between large bodies and sub-atomic particles, the fact they seem to behave in different manors.

The main problem is mechanism in which particles obtain mass, current conjecture (to be investigated at CERN's Large Hadron Colider) is based around the so called Higgs Boson.

IMO the standard model will never be proved. And CERN, SLAC et al, are no where near producing technology sufficient to understand the most basic behaviour of fundamental particles. Only time will tell though I guess.
 
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