A brief introduction to the structure of the universe
Man is the only true curious and questioning creature. All wonderful discoveries, inventions, and advances in technology depend on this very curiosity. Nevertheless, countless fundamental questions remain unanswered. As Einstein once said, progress in science means nothing more than pushing the edge of unknown, as mankind will never be able to entirely resolve its ignorance.
In an introduction to a standard book on optics, I came across an interesting sentence. The book states that human beings have been theorized about light and its phenomena for at least 2500 years. And in our age, with extraordinary advances in the manufacturing optical devices we have achieved astonishing success in applying light and its various phenomena in our daily lives. But still after 2500 years of applied advances, one fundamental question remains unanswered: “what is light?” To formulate a tangible answer, we should go back questioning the structure of the universe. Let us begin with a simple mind- experiment. Consider a knowledgeable scientist on earth who examines the structures surrounding her, from the surface of earth to the deep universe, with an aim to formulate at least one single true statement without any exception. If such hypothetical scientist would give us a brief report on her findings, she would be completing her research as follows: The only true and universal principle with no exception can be expressed as follow:
“The structure of the universe is absolutely material.”
This short sentence has no exceptions nor variations in any way. If we want to make it more precise, it states:
“The universe is made of matter and relies solely on the principle of mass conservation.”
Motion is a fundamental property for material particles. These particles can be material particles of light, material particles of heat, material particles of magnetism, etc. And even, from our point of view, exceptionally large particles such as the moon, earth, sun, or a solar system itself will not be anything else than a material particle in astronomical scale in motion. Of course, entering these topics is related to astrophysics, which we would not like to include in our current discussion. In this stage we would like to focus on discussing material particles of heat and the material particles of light, which we have discussed in two separate sections. We have expressed all phenomena of heat and light from the point of view of material particles.
The view of the materiality of the universe is not new. Its history dates to ancient Greece when Democritus discussed atomism and has fluctuated until now.
The principle of the materiality of the universe includes many laws that will vary for different materials and combinations. Perhaps the most important law we have considered and discussed in detail in our discussion of heat is the law of (A & B). In essence, the laws of natural universe are simple and wonderful. Physical nature choses the shortest and simplest way, and wherever we encounter a phenomenon that seems complex, we have certainly made a mistake in gathering our information.
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Fereydoon Salemi MD
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