Doctor Who fans can rejoice! According to a new paper published by a pair of Whovian physicists, the geometry of spacetime that the TARDIS maneuvers in might exist in our own universe, allowing for travel in all directions through space and time. Perhaps the most exciting aspect of this paper is its conclusion -- because of the utterly massive size of the universe, somewhere out there, Gallifreyans might exist. Thats right, there could be real Time Lords and Ladies, and the Doctor could very well be real. I know it seems unbelievable, but read on... This paper is epic in both content and design. The physicists named the paper Traversable Achronal Retrograde Domains In Spacetime (go ahead and work out that acronym). It was authored by Ben Tippett and David Tsang (real physicists) who claim to work at the Gallifrey Polytechnic Institute and the Gallifrey Institute of technology (unfortunately, not real institutions). Given the name of the paper and the names of their supposed institutions, Im pretty sure Tippett and Tsang are fans of the fantastic Doctor Who program (clearly, there’s no point a being a grown-up scientist if you can’t have fun sometimes). In reality, Tsang is a theoretical astrophysicist who earned his degree at Cornell. He is currently at McGill University in Canada. Tippett is also a theoretical physicist and mathematician who currently teaches at the University of British Columbia. To read more about this fantastic hypothesis, see: fromquarkstoquasars/is-tardis-travel-possible-according-to-science-yes-maybe/
Posted on: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 17:10:29 +0000
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