All the relativistic temporal paradoxes are completely false


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This work demonstrates, in a scientifically rigorous way, that all the relativistic temporal paradoxes are completely false. In particular, this treatment, by starting from the relativisticly correct definition of time, demonstrates the falsity of the Twin Paradox by means of proving from every relativistic point of view that in no case is one twin not so old as the other twin. Moreover, this work, by starting from the relativisticly correct definition of time, demonstrates in general the impossibility of the temporal paradoxes, both in the field of application of the Special Theory of Relativity and in the field of application of the General Theory of Relativity, since all the alleged relativistic temporal paradoxes are based only on erroneous definitions of time. On the other hand, this treatment shows that time is completely independent both from any velocity of physical bodies and from any physical forces. Finally, this work demonstrates that also the possibility of using two Lorentzian Theories instead of the two Einsteinian Theories of Relativity entails that all the temporal paradoxes in the field of application of relativistic physics are completely false.




There is not any black hole


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In this book the author, by starting from the Einstein’s field equation of the General Theory of Relativity, corrects the Schwarzschild solution, and shows that, in the correct Schwarzschild solution, there is not any event horizon and therefore there is not any black hole. Moreover, the author extends all this to its direct consequences, in particular correcting the Kerr solution, the Reissner-Nordstrøm solution and the Kerr-Newman solution. Then, the author extends these four correct solutions (of Schwarzschild, of Kerr, of Reissner-Nordstrøm and of Kerr-Newman) also to the case in which the cosmological constant is greater than zero. On the other hand, the author, by starting from the general form of the Einstein’s field equation of the General Theory of Relativity, demonstrates also in general the non-existence of any event horizon, and therefore the non-existence of any black hole, in the field of application of the General Theory of Relativity. Finally, the author also explores the consequences of all this on the entropy of the Universe, on the Hawking emission process, on the Big Bang Theory and on the astronomical observations.




Paradoxes of Time Travel


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Ryan Wasserman explores a range of fascinating puzzles raised by the possibility of time travel, with entertaining examples from physics, science fiction, and popular culture, and he draws out their implications for our understanding of time, tense, freedom, fatalism, causation, counterfactuals, laws of nature, persistence, change, and mereology.




There is not any event horizon


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In this book, the author, by taking into account also the contribution of the gravitational potential energy to the determination of the gravitational masses of the particles in a gravitational field (contrary to the erroneous common use), finds that for the particles with rest mass greater than zero there is always an escape velocity (less than the velocity of light in vacuum c) from any gravitational field and that the particles with rest mass equal to zero are always free to go away from any gravitational field. Consequently, there is not any event horizon, and therefore there is not any black hole. Moreover, the author also shows that the presence of an event horizon would imply the violation of the principle of conservation of energy. In particular, all this is confirmed also by the symmetry with respect to time of the Einstein’s field equation of the General Theory of Relativity and by the correct solutions of this same equation. Consequently, this book can be useful also for explaining in a linear way the possibility of the Big Bang and the possibility of a cyclic universe. Finally, the experimental results are compatible so far with this book.




Eating the Dinosaur


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The bestselling author of "Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs" returns with an all-original nonfiction collection of questions and answers about pop culture, sports, and the meaning of reality.




Time and Consistent Relativity


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Time and Consistent Relativity: Physical and Mathematical Fundamentals establishes a new and original theory of time relativity, which is fully consistent. It explains why Einstein's theory of time relativity is physically meaningless and mathematically based on tacit inacceptable assumptions, and why it represents the singular case from the mathem




Back-in-Time and Faster-than-Light Travel in General Relativity


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For the past 20 years causality violations and superluminal motion have been the object of intensive study as physical and geometrical phenomena. This book compiles the results of its author and also reviews other work in the field. In particular, the following popular questions are addressed: Is causality protected by quantum divergence at the relevant Cauchy horizon? How much "exotic matter" would it take to create a time machine or a warp drive? What is the difference between a "discovered" time machine and a created one? Why does a time traveler fail to kill their grandfather? How should we define the speed of gravity and what is its magnitude?




The Metaphysics of Paradox


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This book is an exploration into the paradoxical structure of pluralistic thinking as illuminated by both Western and Eastern insights—especially Jainism. By calling into question the most fundamental assumptions of religious pluralists, the author hopes to contribute to a paradigm shift in discourse on religious pluralism and conflicting truth claims.




The Time Machine illustrated


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The Time Machine by H. G. Wells is a science fiction classic, which lends itself well to visualization. This version, illustrated by Yoann Laurent-Rouault, an illustrator master who graduated from the Beaux-Arts, and published in the international literary collection Memoria Books, is a reference on the time travel theme. Wells transports us in the year 802 701, in a society made up of the “Elois”, who live peacefully in a kind of big Garden of Eden, eating fruits and sleeping high up, while underground lives another species, also descending from men, the “Morlocks”, who do not stand the light anymore, living in the dark for too long now. At night, they return to the surface, going back up by the wells, in order to kidnap some Elois that they eat ; these last became livestock unknowingly. In The Time Machine, made into a movie several times, the last of them in 2002 by Simon Wells, the great-grandson of H. G. Wells, time is both a pretext to move the class struggle and warn... and also, in a way, a full character, who fascinates, arbitrates, transcends... The illustrations come to reinforce the time travel and provide a new experience to the reader.




Relativity In Our Time


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"Relativity In our Time" is a book concerning the relevance of Einstein's theory to human relations in contemporary times. lt is physics and it is philosophy. lt is a discussion about one of the greatest of all pillars of 20th century thought and science. Based on a seminar course for a mixture of science and humanities students, the approach and narrative style leads the reader towards the frontier of thinking in this farreaching subject. Sachs deals with the whole spread of relativity, starting from the early history of Galileo and Faraday, he arrives at the foundation of the special theory. There is a logical transition to the general theory while the last part of the book covers the mind-testing realms of unified field theory, Mach's principle and cosmology. The book begins with atomistic, deterministic, classical physics and goes on towards a view of continuous fields of matter and a clearer view of spacetime. The reader is led into Einstein's extension of this theory towards a unified force field; consequently the authors address the issue of the validity of linear mathematics compared with the realism of a non- linear universe.; Such arguments today are leading towards a new paradigm in science - a study and description of nonlinear natural systems especially far from equilibrium systems; their energetics and dynamics. This book should be of value to postgraduates, undergraduates, secondary students and professionals in physics and philosophy and anyone with an interest in science subjects.