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Quantum Theory? - Term Paper

Quantum Theory?

“An important aspect of understanding of one's position is to appreciate where one came from,” explains Prince Louis de Broglie Ph.D., who wrote a thesis on quantum mechanics (Thomas 2). This is also true of modern science. Though admittedly more complex, it is possible to follow a path through the last four centuries up to the birth of modern quantum mechanics. The theory of quantum mechanics will sufficiently alter society’s views of science and life because of the possibility of multiple universes, availability of teleportation, and the realization that the universe as we know it is a small slice of a “superspace.” In the novel Timeline, by Michael Crighton, a group of scientists ...

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through these spaces that entities are destroyed and simultaneously reconstructed by teleportation, thus “moving” the entities to different places in our universe and helping them travel to other universes.
In the novel, scientists discover that the proves the existence of multiple universes. The realization that these other “dimensions” exist totally alters their views of life on earth and of scientific concepts of the past. They become wrapped up in the mysterious ability to travel between universes and commit a potentially egregious error by ignoring minor glitches and differences in the instruments that lead them to the new worlds (Crighton). Even in our world today, there are those who believe this theory to be truth saying “just as a ball may follow any one of an infinite variety of trajectories, so may the entire universe follow an infinite variety of pathways into the future” (Davies 25). The mere idea that we are “not alone,” so to speak, is enough to completely alter ...

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Added: 10/3/2004 03:58:49 PM
Category: Science & Nature
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 966
Pages: 4

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