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You can never truly state that any particle retains its individual identity, for that is a question demoted of any fundamental basis. Upon the absorbtion of a photon by an electron, a subsequent collision releases an identical photon traveling in a slightly altered path. Though however identical...

I can, at least personally, say with confidence that this experiment may have been theorized or even performed. Though certainly, the realm of consciousness, as of now, has not been connected with quantum theory, so assuming that I do not believe that the detecting process could simply...

True, it is a theoretical possibility that worm holes are the almost permanent resident inside some black holes, but certainty I don't believe that they exist within all black holes. A worm hole is more or less the complete collapse of space-time, being so warped by mass, it can do nothing more...

Well first off, the stuff of matter was not so conveniently collected as you say, for in fact matter can be thought of as non-existent prior to the BB. Upon this widely violent explosion, matter itself was in fact created, a process that stemmed from the constant quantum fluctuations occurring...

As far as seeing back to the first few moments after the BB, difficulties surely arise with the whole deal of the opacity and speed of light barrier problems. Though it is certainly possible to feel our most distant universal occupants, a variety of means is thoroughly theoretical, however...

Well I wouldn't necessarily say that what we are looking at 300,000 years after the Big Bang is the stuff of which we are spawned from, in ways that assumption is on the grounds of correctness, but as well it is lacking. Certainly Steve Weinberg's book the First Three Minutes will give you a...

indeed I should talk to an adviser, but I wanted to get a little perspective on the issue before I did that, so at least I would be able to get some background on what he is recommended for me to take. As far as linear algebra goes, is there a particular order in which I should take the...

I'm beginning college winter semester, and am just curious what sort of math classes I would be most appropriate for understanding the mathematics behind quantum theory. I have several years background in cosmology and astronomy, however the subject of the quantum has just been to tantalizing to...

This is the first book in which I began my study in the quantum realm, it's entitled The Quantum World, by Kenneth Ford. Undoubtedly from this book I have retained the most knowledge, it is very informative, striving for detail, though as well it is comprehensible for the avid beginner.

Well in attempt to answer your first question completely and satisfactory, it would conditional if you could be a bit more specific in your questioning. Though you are correct in saying that energy is never lost, merely converted to a different form. When you speak of applying energy...

Truthfully, the best the alternative approach to explaining the birth of our particular universe would be the tale Endless Universe by Steinhardt and Turok. Though you must be aware that this is an alternative to the big bang model, rather than complimenting it , it proposes a new view. It...

With the recognition that were are indeed witnessing a red-shift pattern of the galaxies, that certainly indicates that they are moving away from us at an ever-growing pace, thus if you rewind time, 4 billion years ago the galaxies would be significantly closer to one another. Therefore if you...

A friend of mine asked me the same question in which you are wondering, the three spatial dimensions and the additional time dimension do not require to be placed in any particular order, rearrange them as you like, it's just a method of remembering. The three spatial dimensions are more...

This question has been plaguing me for a few days now, I am fully aware that light quanta are massless, though through that, I have been scratching my head to figure out if photons have energy. My reference is Einstein's E=mc2, where it states that mass and energy are interchangeable, and thus...