Continuum Articles

September 7, 2016

We've been looking at how the continuum nature of spacetime poses problems for our favorite theories of physics --- problems with infinities.…

September 5, 2016

Combining electromagnetism with relativity and quantum mechanics led to QED. Last time we saw the immense struggles with the continuum this…

September 14, 2015

In these posts, we're seeing how our favorite theories of physics deal with the idea that space and time are a continuum, with points described…

September 8, 2015

Last time we saw that nobody yet knows if Newtonian gravity, applied to point particles, truly succeeds in predicting the future. To be precise:…