Recently, I have been getting questions how I'd do a post on my book, Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution by: Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith. In response to this, I will focus these second quarter blog post on my passion to learn and think logically about the universe and how we all began. (These post are purely meant to express a scientific view of the universe's creation and nothing regarding religion or beliefs will be assumed or implied).
At the beginning of the universe, Dr.'s Tyson and Goldsmith tell us, "Some 14 billion years ago, at the beginning of time, all the space and all the matter and all the energy of the known universe fit within a pinhead."(Tyson, Goldsmith pg. 25).
During this time, when the universe was only 10^-43 seconds old, and 10^30 degrees, that's a couple trillion degrees hotter than the core of the sun, the knowledge we have now of physics, and space such as Einstein's general theory of relativity(we'll get to this later) and quantum mechanics(in simple terms, the study of all matter in its smallest forms), were mixed and wound in chaos.(Tyson and Goldsmith pg. 25)
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Once upon a time, (please refer above for accurate time)
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I find it fascinating that with modern science, albeit most are theories, humans can trace evidence of our lands' very creation through the universe. Most wouldn't use this in everyday life, but to me, this is how I'm going to start my own research into this field, though I'd have to pass my physics class first.
In your own opinion, why is it that scientists push themselves to find answers to everything, is it simply the thirst for knowledge? Or a possible way to expand our civilization further than any of our forefathers could have ever imagined?
Tyson, Neil DeGrasse and Goldsmith, Donald. Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution. Norton & co. Inc.(USA)2005, reissued 2014. Print
I think that scientists want to know the answers to everything because there is still so much unknown about the world, and it's fascinating to make those discoveries. It's great that you share that same fascination about the world. I'm planning on taking AP Physics next year, would you possibly have any tips for that class?
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, thanks for commenting. In AP Physics, you'll learn how to think of the world and begin to pay more attention to small things around you, keep an open mind when using the formulas and stay flexible in your reasoning, nothing's impossible... unless it's not possible. In any case, thanks again for the comment, and good luck in the class next year.
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