2007-05-18 17:11:34 · 9 answers · asked by renolibrado 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Mathematically. Einstein, I think.
2007-05-18 17:14:01 · answer #1 · answered by Yinzer from Sixburgh 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Theory of the Parallel Universe was simply wild speculation all the way up until the 1930's. Newtonian physics still ruled the universe until that point and only when Einstein developed General Relativity did mathematicians and physicists start finding that some things didn't make sense with General Relativity. Special Relativity took care of a lot of things, but Stephen Hawking stirred the pot a little more with his developments in astronomical physics.
More recently, string theory (which denotes between 6 and 13 dimensions depending on the incarnation) has tied us to the idea that space and time are simply the only four dimensions we can perceive, bringing on the possibility of multiple and possibly infinite universes with even more infinite timelines and structures.
In pop culture, I think George Orwell and the like poineered science fiction and used parallel universes in their works for entertainment purposes. More recently, movies like Stargate, and shows like Star Trek and Sliders host the idea that there is more than one universe.
It's yet to be proven, as we have barely scratched the surface of the universe we live in, but the math and physics behind how our universe we made and where it'll end up point to other dimensions and universes we will never live to see.
2007-05-19 00:25:20 · answer #2 · answered by tr0n42 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure exactly how it got started, but i know the idea became really popular when ships and planes disappeared in the Bermuda triangle. people used to believe that those ships and planes were brought into a parallel universe. how knows we still haven't found many of the things that went missing. Cyclops, flight 19 and naronic, are all still gone.
2007-05-19 00:18:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hugh Everett developed the theory of multiple, parallel universes as an alternative to the 'conventional' interpretation of quantum uncertainty. His thought was that the wave function didn't 'collapse' but, rather, that the concsiousness of the observer bifurcated and all possible outcomes led to a new 'reality'.
Doug
2007-05-19 00:30:03 · answer #4 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First came the Quantum theory, then the theory that is supposed to unified all forces in the universe... Then the string theory arise to try to explain it... Then the string theory need some parallel universe to work properly...
2007-05-19 00:49:15 · answer #5 · answered by Jedi squirrels 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is a natural consequence of starting to think in terms of space time. Me yesterday, and me today are different states of a larger "me". So I can equally well think in terms of moving from state to state as different manifestations of me in one universe, or drifting between different static parallel universes.
2007-05-19 04:54:20 · answer #6 · answered by hustolemyname 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if there was some trend that led to the concept, or who coined the idea. Perhaps it had to do with black holes and worm holes that could transfer energy and mass between one universe and another.
2007-05-19 00:16:27 · answer #7 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All started with the string theory!
Now, it is possible to go deeper into the subject because we have the equation for calculating parameters in the higher dimensions.
2007-05-19 00:15:11 · answer #8 · answered by angate 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More than likely....opium.
2007-05-19 00:14:00 · answer #9 · answered by voandginger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋