Tick, Tock

February 13, 2012 at 11:50 am · Filed under Roba

From Stephen Hawking’s “A Brief History of Time”:
“Space and time are now dynamic quantities: when a body moves, or a force acts, it affects the curvature of space and time—and in turn the curvature of space-time affects the way in which bodies move and forces act. Space and time not only affect, but are also affected by everything that that happens in the universe.”






  • Haitham Seelawi

    Actually there is a term that is used to describe any phenomena that exhibits such interchangeable effects. It is called nonlinear dynamics. There is one great simplified book on the subject, from the 80s as well, called chaos by Gleick. I highly recommend it, since the implications of nonlinear dynamics are much more pervading and profound, than the term may convey, if not the most profound in the history of science thus far, natural selection included.

  • http://andfaraway.net/ Roba Al-Assi

    Haitham, that sounds awesome. I wonder if I’m smart enough to understand it, though. I’ll definitely check it out, esp. after the Darwin comment! :)