Professor Russell Stannard
Russell Stannard is Professor Emeritus of Physics at The Open University.
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More to space than meets the eye
Comment posted by zz887305
11 Feb 2012
-SPACETIME – Speed of light. I’m trying to answer the following: Was time created (once upon a time) or constanly beeing created… If the latter: How fast is new time created? I write down in ’free... Read more : More to space than meets the eye
More to space than meets the eye
Comment posted by djs693
03 Oct 2011
Sorry but this seams to be more like a good Idea that closely fits the observation. We say that gravity bends space time, and we see that photons/light is/are deviated by this, could it not be that... Read more : More to space than meets the eye
Consciousness and the limits of science
Comment posted by zz545859
28 Sep 2010
Prof. Stannard asserts that "The pursuit of fundamental science will one day come to an end." I think this is mistaken. Don't Gödel's incompleteness theorems guarantee work for... Read more : Consciousness and the limits of science
The size of the universe
Comment posted by zz545859
15 Sep 2010
In cosmology, there are many different ways to define distance. Using coordinates based on Special Relativity, you can say that the most distant "light" we can see originated around 6.8... Read more : The size of the universe
The size of the universe
Comment posted by zz585257
15 Sep 2010
Good post Bill.. But from what i understand we can visually see as far back as to when the universe was 6-7 hundred million years old, which can be seen in the famous "ultra deep field"... Read more : The size of the universe
The size of the universe
Comment posted by zz583548
14 Sep 2010
We're told that the Universe is 13.7 billion years old and the furthest objects we can see are galaxies 13.7 billion light years away. But doesn't that mean that what we are actually seeing is these... Read more : The size of the universe
Are we really free to choose?
Comment posted by zz545859
28 Aug 2010
Hi Chris, It seems to me that this sort of question (especially on a Philosophy forum) should raise the whole question of computability, which is mathematically equivalent to... Read more : Are we really free to choose?
ET, life and the universe
Comment posted by zz545859
28 Aug 2010
So, on some other planet, it has only to get out of step with what happened here on earth to only a small degree for ET to have reached our level of intelligence, the intelligence of a Charles... Read more : ET, life and the universe
The meaningless Big Bang question
Comment posted by zz545859
17 Aug 2010
Hi Chris, For other readers' convenience, this discussion is continuing our previous discussion at www.open2.net/forum/showthread.php (post #349). Let me repeat what I said there in... Read more : The meaningless Big Bang question
The meaningless Big Bang question
Comment posted by zz545859
13 Aug 2010
Good summary Chris. The word "Cosmogeny" seems to be less widely used in public circles but I would take that as more to do with, for example, the means by which galaxies form and their... Read more : The meaningless Big Bang question