Everything That Moves. Walking the Troublesome Universe from Space Orbits to Quantum Fields

This is the story of the fundamental scientific framework in development from the more visual to the more abstract: from a stone's throw to an explanation of Einstein and Schrödinger equations. One understands the structure of the universe by observing motion and its consequences, guessing at the rules that govern everything that occurs, and getting assistance about hidden parts of the world or about new rules of discrepancies between theoretically expected and real motion: famous examples include the predicted existence of Neptune, Planet 9 and invisible matter in galaxies, the reasons for the accelerated expansion of the universe, and the quantum nature of thermal radiation.

 

Habitual ways of describing things are collapsing. The everlasting conflict defined by the existence of Planck constant forms an integral part of the structure of the universe. This state of affairs affects not only the motion of objects, but to some extent the very nature of their existence.

The book discusses the functioning of the solar system and the possibilities of space travel; the relations of space, time and motion in the special theory of relativity and the problems of galactic flight defined by them; the general theory of relativity and its effects, including non-Keplerian elements, time dilation, gravitational waves and exotic ways of superluminal motion; entropy as ignorance of microscopic motion and its applications from heat engines to Maxwell demon and black holes; quantum mechanics, including passing through walls, the unique structure of atoms, convolutions and interpretations to determine Schrödinger's cat state. By the rules of our universe, there can be no rest in it, and it is up to the reader to appreciate its restless diversity.

 

The world of the principle of uncertainty would appear to be blurry and imprecise, but in reality, the true is just the opposite: the world is extremely rigid and rigorous, and therefore precise with regard to the values of quantities that are available to the existing phenomena.

 

...We have one more case where the discrepancy in time and space makes its adjustments, and the circumstances in space and time make the straight lines to connect two events - the longest journeys for the travellers.

 

 

 Who this book is for

 

For those who need a guide to learn the current scientific framework, its principles and common factors of development.