why not ?And what did einstein know about speed anyway he published his paper in the early 1900's.
2007-01-06 13:43:00 · 14 answers · asked by Shark 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Well, the short answer is that he's right, in that no one has ever come even close to travelling faster than the speed of light, and the theory he has that shows that has never been proven wrong.
But understanding why that is is where it's interesting.
His theory of special relativity explained why the speed of light was always measured the same, no matter how fast the observer was moving. This made light waves unlike anything else known to man. The way he resolved this was to let time be relative. As one approaches the speed of light, time will pass more slowly for that person. Lengths also appear to contract at high speeds. Both of these effects have been observed and measurements confirm Einstein's theory.
I suggest you look up some of the methods of measuring the speed of light from the 1800s. They're quite interesting.
2007-01-06 14:05:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Einstein proved that nothing can move faster than the speed of light in his general theory of relativity. This theory shows how the measurement of time, space, and other such quantities change when the refrence frame they are in have velocity. He got the equation E=(mc^2+E_0)/(sqrt(1-(v^2/c^2))). All this means is as something that has mass's velocity gets really, REALLY close to the speed of light, it has to have more and more energy. If something gets to the speed of light, then you end up dividing by zero and getting infinity, and it is obviously impossible for anything with mass to have an infinite amount of energy. Anything that has no mass, like light, goes the speed of light because that is the constant speed nature (be it a divine being or the anthropic principle) deemed massless objects to move. Research general relativity if you are still confused.
2007-01-06 23:51:39 · answer #2 · answered by Jared S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Albert Eienstein never said any such thing. What he did say is that if you went faster than light you travel backwards in time,
And , in fact, Eienstein knew a lot about speed in the early 1900s, building on the theories of Mach, and Lorentz, and the experiments of Michelson (which were performed, btw near Cleveland OH)
2007-01-07 01:14:32 · answer #3 · answered by walter_b_marvin 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. I am with you brother. 1900 was a hundred years ago. We have been to the moon and back and that was after he died in April 18, 1955. The speed of light is as finite as the blade of grass in the hill side.
2007-01-07 16:02:58 · answer #4 · answered by Pauleinstein 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He didn't say we can not go faster than that.but he said If we could the time will calculate diffrently for us.
but God Knows ! Did anyone think that people can talk to each other from two cities?or from Asia to America?or see someone which is az far az 30000 km from you ?Or Driving at 200Km/H?
All these things was impossible.but now is really like a pice of cake.
So we can say at this time God Knows
2007-01-07 11:44:00 · answer #5 · answered by Arash J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible says that the resurrected body will be a physical one but will be outside the time-space continuum. In other words, one will be able to go backwards and forwards in time. And if this is true, then one will exist indefinitely (eternal) as one is outside of the limitations of time and age.
Jesus Christ died and resurrected after the 3rd day. He came back with the resurrected body. That is why there is Christianity today, as this body is one of the gifts of faith and belief under the Christian doctrine.
2007-01-06 22:03:54 · answer #6 · answered by zoomat4580 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
He was a brilliant man. He was able to understand things that you and I never will. His theories (yes theories) in many instances have been proven to be correct. So, yes, while he, and I lived among the dinosaurs, his mind was so much better than the average that he was able to conceive of these things.
2007-01-06 22:40:45 · answer #7 · answered by istitch2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually going faster than the speed of light? I think he was right. The closer you get to the speed of light, the more energy it requires to accelerate further.
Though, equivlently, it shouldn't be hard to bypass the speed of light.
Black holes already beat the speed of light, eqivalently. So...yeah.
2007-01-06 21:46:25 · answer #8 · answered by cat_Rett_98 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
our bodies can not travel at the speed of light
out thoughts can
but you are right, in the 1900s dinosaurs still walked the earth so what did anyone know about anything?
2007-01-06 21:51:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Naaaaaaah, he was just an old white haired stick-in-the-mud. Eternal pessimist. We'll just have the government throw a few billion at the problem and it'll be history..........
2007-01-06 23:08:46 · answer #10 · answered by Steve 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋