Solving the mystery of time
My Letter to Bria Greene: - JW
Dear Brian,
My name is Joseph Wouk. I am the youngest son of the novelist Herman Wouk.
I am also a graduate of your alma mater, Columbia, both college and law school.
As such, I was unable to receive the training that would allow me to speak about science to you on your level.
At the same time, at the age of 40,I became enamoured with physics and read every book available that was accessible to non-mathematicians.
I just completed reading your Fabric of the Cosmos for the third time. It has enormously inspired me and I thank you for that.
I have a question that has bothered me every time I read your book, and that is your focus on the second law of thermodynamics , as the explanation of time's arrow. To me this seems a huge red herring.
You so completely point out how the passage of time is dictated by its relation to the speed of light . In that sense, time is defined by the speed of light.
As it’s known, when adding the speed through space to the time elapsed one always equals the speed of light, This means that going backwards in time would require exceeding the speed of light for the sum to equal the speed of light.
As such, it seems to me that electromagnetism is the source of the Arrow of Time. Because you can't exceed the speed of light, time can only exist in one direction.
You also inspired me to come up with an explanation for inertia versus acceleration, which if you respond to this, I’ll be happy to share with you, I call it The Mass of Nows.
Thank you for reading this, and I hope to receive an answer from you.
Your fan.
Joseph, Wouk.
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Watch the complete film at josephwouk.locals(dot)com.
Anyone who missed this Speilberg film made 24 years ago MUST see this film which is much more relevant now than it was then. - JW
David, an artificial kid which is the first to have real feelings, especially a never-ending love for his "mother", Monica. Monica is the woman who adopted him as a substitute for her real son, who remains in cryo-stasis, stricken by an incurable disease. David is living happily with Monica and her husband, but when their real son returns home after a cure is discovered, his life changes dramatically.
10/10
Can't re-watch it again
I was 13-14 when I watched this movie. It's a long movie if I recall it correctly. I was so moved by it's theme, so I watched it all. I had strong feelings of sadness and sympathy towards little robot David that wanted to be a real child and to have a mom to love him. And that little bear ... I cried during some scenes. I don't ...
