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Could autistic teen disprove the big bang theory?

Quag said:
Yes and that model is usually referred to as the theory of gravity.
Technically what he penned was Newton's law of universal gravitation.
Newton's law of universal gravitation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is all irrelevant as even animals comprehend that if they jump of a cliff they will fall (well perhaps not Lemurs ;) )
Gravity wasn't discovered, the "theory of gravity" was.
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Actually, Newton's description of gravity is not the 'theory of gravity', but a description of gravity. General relativity is a theory of gravity. Theories are models that describe the mechanism behind the behavior, while newton only described the behavior.
 
RAMOSS said:
Actually, Newton's description of gravity is not the 'theory of gravity', but a description of gravity. General relativity is a theory of gravity. Theories are models that describe the mechanism behind the behavior, while newton only described the behavior.
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Like I said people generally refer to Newton`s Theory of Gravity and as I posted he actually wrote Newton's law of universal gravitation. However just type theory of gravity into google and it'll bring you to the right pages.
Still he didnt discover gravity it was already there and people understood the concept, throw an apple up it will fall down. Aeschylus tragically learned about this in his last moments on earth.
 
Quag said:
Like I said people generally refer to Newton`s Theory of Gravity and as I posted he actually wrote Newton's law of universal gravitation. However just type theory of gravity into google and it'll bring you to the right pages.
Still he didnt discover gravity it was already there and people understood the concept, throw an apple up it will fall down. Aeschylus tragically learned about this in his last moments on earth.
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He was the first to accurately describe the math behind it though. That is the first step in going into a theory, it you have the data. He quantified the data in a coherent manner. But, you are right, it was always there.
 
Roger Bacon was thinking about gravity in the thirteenth century.

"If we may conclude from some of his expressions we can reconstruct the plan of this grand encyclopædia: it was conceived as comprising four volumes, the first of which was to deal with grammar (of the several languages he speaks of) and logic; the second with mathematics (arithmetic and geometry), astronomy, and music; the third with natural sciences, perspective, astrology, the laws of gravity, alchemy, agriculture, medicine, and the experimental sciences; the fourth with metaphysics and moral philosophy"

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Roger Bacon
 
I wonder who it was that discovered light?
 
zyzygy said:
Roger Bacon was thinking about gravity in the thirteenth century.

"If we may conclude from some of his expressions we can reconstruct the plan of this grand encyclopædia: it was conceived as comprising four volumes, the first of which was to deal with grammar (of the several languages he speaks of) and logic; the second with mathematics (arithmetic and geometry), astronomy, and music; the third with natural sciences, perspective, astrology, the laws of gravity, alchemy, agriculture, medicine, and the experimental sciences; the fourth with metaphysics and moral philosophy"

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Roger Bacon
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Of course after Bacon but before Newton there was also Galileo with his famous Pisa expermiment.
Galileo's Leaning Tower of Pisa experiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Even earleir than any of that the Greeks were thinking about gravity in antiquity.
History of gravitational theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
zyzygy said:
I wonder who it was that discovered light?
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Not sure but it must have been after the dark ages.
I suppose it would have been discovered at the start of the enlightement.
 
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Quag said:
Not sure but it must have been after the dark ages.
I suppose it would have been discovered at the start of the enlightement.
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No doubt Tosca will divulge the name of the discoverer of light.
 
Declan said:
As long as you ignore the whole problem that the observed effects have causes doesn't really work with the theory of a singularity.
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Sounds like you have a revolutionary paper you can publish through the peer-review system, yes?
 
Declan said:
As long as you ignore the whole problem that the observed effects have causes doesn't really work with the theory of a singularity.
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I didn't know that. Where can I read more about it? I was under the impression that the observed effects fit in very well with the Big Bang theory.
 
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