Tag Archives: speed of light

Light Travel Time Effects and Cosmological Features

Posted on November 8, 2008 by Manoj

This unpublished article is a sequel to my earlier paper (also posted as Are Radio Sources and Gamma Ray Bursts Luminal Booms?). This blog version contains the abstract, introduction and conclusions. The full version of the article is available as a PDF file. Continue reading →

Posted in Articles and Essays, philosophy, physics, Science, Unpublished | Tagged causality, cosmic microwave background, expanding universe, gamma ray bursts, grb, light travel time, microwave background radiation, neuroscience, perception, perceptual constraints, phenomenalism, physics, radio sources, relativity, space and time, speed of light, universe | Leave a comment

Constraints of Perception and Cognition in Relativistic Physics

Posted on September 13, 2008 by Manoj

This post is an abridged online version of my article that appears in Galilean Electrodynamics in November, 2008. [Ref: Galilean Electrodynamics, Vol. 19, No. 6, Nov/Dec 2008, pp: 103--117]
It can be viewed as a good summary of my book, The Unreal Universe, with all the gory mathematical details. Originally written for a professional audience, this post may interest my physicist friends, especially those with a philosophical openness in their beliefs. Continue reading →

Posted in Articles and Essays, Creative, philosophy, physics | Tagged AGN, cognitive neuroscience, gamma ray bursts, gamma rays, light travel time, microwave background radiation, relativity, speed of light, symmetric radio sources | Leave a comment

The Philosophy of Special Relativity — A Comparison between Indian and Western Interpretations

Posted on August 6, 2008 by Manoj

In this blog version of an article published in Omega, I discuss how Eastern and Western views say essentially the same things when it comes to the nature of space and time. And how that view can be interpreted as a basis for understanding Einstein’s theories. [Journal Ref: Omega - Indian Journal of Science and Religion, Vol. VI, (Dec. 2007), pp 138-150.] Continue reading →

Posted in Articles and Essays, philosophy, physics | Tagged advaita, Albert Einstein, maya, metaphysics, phenomenalism, philosophy, physics, relativity, space and time, speed of light | 3 Comments

Universe – Size and Age

Posted on March 26, 2007 by Manoj

I posted this question that was bothering me when I read that they found a galaxy at about 13 billion light years away. My understanding of that statement is: At distance of 13 billion light years, there was a galaxy 13 billion years ago, so that we can see the light from it now. Wouldn’t that mean that the universe is at least 26 billion years old? It must have taken the galaxy about 13 billion years to reach where it appears to be, and the light from it must take another 13 billion years to reach us. Continue reading →