Rev. SpiralgazerIn the process of searching the internet and GLP, I found this! Describes the Norway Spiral to a tee.
Physics News: Actual Time Travel Experiments Set To Begin
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Physics: From Time to Time
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May 1, 2006 issue - Ronald Mallett, a University of Connecticut physics professor, thinks time travel is possible—and he's designed an experiment that could do it. Basically, he wants to "swirl" empty space the way you'd swirl coffee in a cup, using a laser as the stirrer. Because space and time are more or less the same, swirling empty space could also swirl time. Mallett would then drop subatomic particles into his roiling cup of space-time and see if they're hurtled a few nanoseconds into the future.
The idea sounds esoteric, but it's based in solid theory: Einstein's, in fact. "It's anchored in the general and special theories of relativity, and that's why people take it seriously," Mallett says. But not everyone. Robert Ehrlich, a physicist at George Mason University, says the idea of time travel is "not disreputable"—scientists have been suggesting time-travel mechanisms for decades—but that Mallett's plan has a major flaw: his device is small enough to sit on a desktop. While it may very well work, says Ehrlich, the effect would be "so small that it would be impossible to measure." Mallett's going ahead either way; he's just written his first book, "Time Traveler," a memoir. But unless he builds a time machine soon, you'll have to wait until November to read it.
—Mary Carmichael
© 2006 MSNBC.com
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