Hunting the faster than light tachyon, and finding three unicorns and a herd of elephants / Robert Ehrlich.
| Author/creator | Ehrlich, Robert, 1938- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Three weird entities : tachyons, neutrinos, and me -- Faster-than-light and backwards in time -- Supernova SN 1987A & its three unicorns -- Theories of everything and anything -- Weighing the gravitophobic neutrinos -- Lessons learned. |
| Abstract | "In 1905, Albert Einstein declared speeds greater than light to be impossible. This book describes the author's decades-long search for hypothetical subatomic particles known as tachyons that violate this principle. This book is a scientific detective story. The crime is speeding-that is, the possible breaking of the cosmic speed limit, namely the speed of light, as stipulated by Einstein. This detective story is also a memoir written by a member of a band of "tachyon hunters." The author's pursuit of tachyons has been met with skepticism from most physicists, who note correctly that no such superluminal particles have ever been surely observed, and that there have been many false sightings. Nevertheless, considerable circumstantial evidence for tachyons has already been published, and an ongoing experiment could decide the issue in the next few years. This book is written for the general reader, containing humor and eliminating jargon whenever possible, and will also be of interest to scientists. The hunt for the tachyon will fascinate all readers who approach the study of physics with curious and open minds"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Ehrlich, Robert, 1938- Hunting the faster than light tachyon, and finding three unicorns and a herd of elephants First edition. Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022 9780367716257 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021056503 |
| ISBN | 9781003152965 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |