Itzhak Bars
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Itzhak Bars is a theoretical physicist at the University of Southern California
in Los Angeles. In 2007, Bars presented a theory concerning the fundamental laws of physics. According to Bars' theory, time may not have only one dimension (past/future), but may have two separate dimensions instead.
Humans normally perceive physical reality as four dimensional, i.e. three-dimensional space (up/down, back/forth and side-to-side), and one dimensional time (past/future). Bars' theory proposes a six-dimensional universe, composed of four-dimensional space and two-dimensional time.
Physicist Joe Polchinski, at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
at UC Santa Barbara, has said “Itzhak Bars has a long history of finding new mathematical symmetries that might be useful in physics... This two-time idea seems to have some interesting mathematical properties.” Quoted from Psyorg.com article below.
On 13 October 2007 New Scientist
magazine featured as its cover-story a two-page article about Itzhak Bars's theory.
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
in Los Angeles. In 2007, Bars presented a theory concerning the fundamental laws of physics. According to Bars' theory, time may not have only one dimension (past/future), but may have two separate dimensions instead.
Humans normally perceive physical reality as four dimensional, i.e. three-dimensional space (up/down, back/forth and side-to-side), and one dimensional time (past/future). Bars' theory proposes a six-dimensional universe, composed of four-dimensional space and two-dimensional time.
Physicist Joe Polchinski, at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics is a research institute of the University of California, Santa Barbara. KITP is one of the most renowned institutes for theoretical physics in the world. KITP programs bring theorists in physics and related fields together to work together on topics at...
at UC Santa Barbara, has said “Itzhak Bars has a long history of finding new mathematical symmetries that might be useful in physics... This two-time idea seems to have some interesting mathematical properties.” Quoted from Psyorg.com article below.
On 13 October 2007 New Scientist
New Scientist
New Scientist is a weekly non-peer-reviewed English-language international science magazine, which since 1996 has also run a website, covering recent developments in science and technology for a general audience. Founded in 1956, it is published by Reed Business Information Ltd, a subsidiary of...
magazine featured as its cover-story a two-page article about Itzhak Bars's theory.
External links
- Article in Telegraph.co.uk 10 October 2007 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/10/10/scitime110.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox
- Article in Psyorg.com 15 May 2007 http://www.physorg.com/news98468776.html
- Link to New Scientist Magazine 13 October 2007 http://www.newscientist.com/contents/issue/2625.html