World Science Scholars

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  • Computers are not the best tools for doing math – they are great at approximation, often to a very precise degree. That said, those approximations work very well since physical measurement also has accuracy limitations. Knowing the error range is important here, and knowing this, and being able to create these simulations, makes the science more accessible and helps move it forward. That Einstein was not a great mathematician does not detract from his physics.

    I have been trying without success to visualize spacetime warped by mass – two dimensional illustrations are all very good and help some, but that doesn’t help me see it the way it is. I know that a black hole cannot be a circluar but must be spherical, but how do I visualize a negative three dimensional sphere? I can put my hands around it but not my eyes.

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