I'm  just a teen but have an amazing theory which challenges the basis of Einstein's work- WHAT DO I DO?
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Well, there is no doubt that Einstiens theory of relativity has flaws, it is just the best theory available.  For instance it fails to addequately explain the perihelion advance of the planets or the muon decay of radioactive materials.  There are several alternative theories out there.\n\nThe first thing I'd recommend is doing a little research to ensure it isn't an idea that has already been discussed.  Once you have satisfied yourself I recommend reading some physics journals (they should have a few in your public library) to see how scientific papers are written.\n\nAt that point you should send your ideas to multiple physicists and professors (to ensure no one can steal your ideas) and either ask them to assist you in submitting a paper / sponsor you, or write the paper yourself and submit it.\n\nKeep in mind you will receive a lot of criticism, new ideas are always met that way.  You may in fact be wrong or have overlooked something fundamental... in all likelihood you have.  But regardless, you should be applauded for trying to think outside of the box.  The world is full of followers who take everything at face value, the world is also full of employers who like people who are willing to look in new directions.\n\nI hope you are able to continue with this mindset and handle the criticism you encounter.  If you do it is very likely that someday you will have something very worthwhile to contribute to the world.\n\nGood luck and I look forward to seeing your mark upon the world.\n\nPS. I do understand the theory of relativity, and anyone who thinks it is flawless should do a little more studying themselves.
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As usual, the question's half the answer: it "seems" harder, but it is not. The high amount of math often makes it look obscure, but Faraday managed to do good physics with only basic math skills. \nThe other half of the answer involves lack of practice: since basic school we're not encouraged to try just a little harder to understand... thinking about how the universe works does require going beyond the apparent and not relying in "common sense". And imagination.\nJust get rid of preconceptions and talk with somebody that enjoys the subject, and without knowing how you'll find yourself understanding it. There's no greater "high" for the  mind.
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IT WOLD BE GREAT IF WE COULD GET EINSTEIN BACK TO WORK ON IT.EINSTEIN SAID IT WOULD WORK,AND WE HAVE NO OTHER BRAIN CLOSE TO HIS.I BELIEVE IF HE WOULD HAVE LIVED LONGER HE COULD HAVE SOLVED IT.THEN AGAIN IT MAY TAKE ANOTHER COUPLE HUNDRED YEARS,LIKE IT DID BETWEEN NEWTON AND EINSTEIN.MINDS LIKE THEIRS ONLY SHOW UP RARELY.
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once upon a time (yes!) , i was like u thinking this crap but u know wht i did- i simply said to myself that just saying all bad n crap about this wonderful subjct , m gonna die one day!!! yes! even if NOW , it myte not make sense- that tym , it fortunately did!! u knw, dat ws simply impossible for me- coz all that crap of electricity chapter specially made me go crazy!!  i mean , u knw i was literally feeling hospitalised coz of PHYSICS! but, i started to love it- u knw, not just after a week or a month but even a more gradual process.... very very slowly.. i started.. liking it... u see, by saying all this, i cud hav said a wrd n that is "attitude" or 'thinking"... this is wht affects us and this is also wht makes us achieve!!! believe it or not!!\n\nthe point is- if u THINK even for a milli micro second that PHYSICS IS ""H A R D"", I TELL U FRND, U R NEVA GONA LIKE IT OR LOVE IT! so, start today, in ur spare tym, for jus 10 to 15 mins ONLY, jus read the concepts u find hard... n do some writing as well, it wrks coz then u see all dat in hard form(oh, u find everything in Physics- hard, ryte?? ) then start all ova once again...\nplan to do this aside frm ur school wrk.. it will wrk. instead of going to late nyte parties ... u can do this.. sounds dumb or i seem insane????? oh, well, when u have a professional career, people r automatically ur frnds.. n u knw wht i mean here! but only these ppl at late nyte parties wont even recognise u if u fail the exam of ur life!!!\n\nall this.. see, if u can get it.. i hope u can \n\n"IMPOSSIBLE" ITSELF SAYS "I M POSSIBLE!" there u go.!\n\nall da best, Akshay! :-)
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http://www.sciencebuddies.org/mentoring/project_ideas/home_Phys.shtml?gclid=CNDljtrK6IgCFQ7eSgodNw4Ssg\n\nthere are MANY projects available getting more complex as you come to the bottom of the page.
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Some of Einstein's Ideas are already being rewritten. So, quoting him as an end-all to the question of anti-gravity really doesn't mean a whole lot. Newton's laws were rewritten after his time, as science learned more about itself. It's not unreasonable to assume that the same will occur in reguards to this taboo topic too. I remember seeing a video of a man who has come close, with a spinning top device. By itself, it weighs far too much to lift by hand. But, once it is set spinning, it could be lifted by a child. :)\n\nCurrent science is not an absolute. :) Don't give up hope!
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There are a lot of people (scientists) working on this. A recent documentary I watched showed how they are trying to prove that alternative universes might exist (I think this started with Einstein). If so, someday they might find out how to move between them, which could be a form of time travel. I believe in the possibility of many things that have not been proven.
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It is exactly that question that inspired Einstein to formulate his theory that nothing can ever travel faster than light. I am not saying the Einstein had a goal to make a theory saying nothing can travel faster than light. I am saying that the question made him think about how to explain what would happen in such a case and then the math lead him to a theory of motion in general which says nothing can travel faster than light.
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As the others have said, all light travels at exactly the same speed.  This is even true if the observer and/or the  light source are moving very very fast.  Once this was proved by experiment, everyone was very upset until Einstein figured it out and showed that time and space can distort. If you want a real bad headache, you can read all about this.  If it doesn't give you a headache, become a physicist!
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As weird as it sounds, the theory of relativity says that if you are in a car traveling at 200,000,000 m/s with the headlights on, then the light from those headlights will pass a person standing still at 299,792,458 m/s and not 499,792,458 m/s. And if that stationary person shines a light at your car, you will see his light approaching you at 299,792,458 m/s and not 499,792,458 m/s.\n\nThe theory is so weird that numerous scientists have done numerous experiments to test it. The most famous of these experiments is the Michelson-Morley Experiment. All experiments have confirmed that this strange prediction of relativity is true.\n\nBelieve it or not!
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Let's suppose you had a theory which explained that something would take t seconds.  Another theory says that it would take t + x seconds.  You want both theories to be true.  What do you do?  Well, if you are a genius like Einstein you say that time stretched from t to t + x seconds when you went from one theory to the other.\n\nTake another example.  Suppose you are running a race with a stop watch.  At the end of the race your stop watch says you took 60 seconds.  My stop watch says you took 90 seconds.  The logical explanation is that one or both of our clocks are wrong.  But, if you are an Einstein, you say that time was stretched, and your clock moved slow relative to my clock, but is still accurate.
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Wow, that's a broad area of a problem. What exactly are you having trouble with?\n\nMy guess would be that you're not confident in your ability to do maths, because that underlies most science. You need to "get" algebra, in particular, to solve most Physics problems, and some people just have trouble getting thir head round the idea that a letter can stand for a number you don't know (or even one you do).\n\nI'd suggest you try to get some remedial algebra help and see if that makes things easier.\n\n=======\n\nIf it's not the maths, then I guess you are having trouble concentrating because you don't find it interesting, and don't see how it relates to your life.\n\nPartly that's down to poor teaching, but you can't let that ruin your education. You could read some popular science books, or New Scientist magazine (your school probably has it in the library). I don't know if schools still run electronics clubs like they did in my day, but that's one way to get into a certain area of Physics. Astronomy is great to read about, or again join a local club.\n\nBut yeah, some of it is hard and boring. Thermodynamics springs to mind :-)
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The problem here is that you are not visualizing this accurately (and humans might not be able to do so easily). All of our universe's space and time, until it expands, does not exist. \n\nThere might be other universes, or other dimensions, but we really only have theories about those, and we do not have good methods for testing these hypotheses yet, and we might never have them.
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Now here is someone I want to meet.  One of the very few questions in 3 days in physics that I don't have a clue..for sure I know what a tachyon is and a brane.  \n\nI think if you were to include the word GOD you might attract some of these religious fundamentalists.  You'll get all kinds of answers and quotes from the Bible.  None of them will be correct but you might get some good laughs reading all their dribble.  \nAnother good bet would be to hitch a ride to Cambridge, Ma. and just start skulking around MIT (don't laugh I used to do it).  Eventually somebodies going to have an answer.  \n\nOr you could try the infinite monkeys with the infinite typewriters gig (used IBM selectics are quite cheap these days) , one of them is bound to get it whitin an infinite amount of time.
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I was a rock star in college physics!   Top of the class!  But I can't remember any of it now.  My teacher always said to start each solution by drawing a picture, then making a list of the varriable you know, and writing down the equations you thik you might need to solve.  It worked for me!\n\nPost your problem, maybe I can help.  Traditional physics problems have not changed much in the last 5 years, maybe I can remember.
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I think you need to resurrect Einstein for this one!
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PLEASE don't just send it around to physics departments.  We get enough quacks doing that as it is.  \n\nHere's what you do.  Write up your theory succinctly and with all supporting evidence and math, and submit it to the Physical Review Letters.  Here is their submission page.\n\nhttp://authors.aps.org/ESUB/\n\nThey will review your paper and see if it's worth sending on to their editors.  If they reject it out of hand, you probably have major misconceptions in your ideas that need to be fixed.  If they send it on to the editors, you may have a shot - they will send it to someone in the field, an annoymous reviewer, to get their opinions, at which point they will either accept it for publication, reject it, or ask you to fix it in some way before it is accepted.\n\nOr, you could submit an abstract to an upcoming APS (American Physical Society) meeting.  They usually have at least one forum at the meeting for 'different' ideas - you might have more luck there than submitting to a journal.