Physics in 2116: Physicists Create Closed Time-like Curves
Jeremy D. Schnittman (NASA GSFC)
TL;DR
This speculative essay envisions future breakthroughs in physics, particularly the creation of closed time-like curves, and explores their potential implications a century from now.
Contribution
It presents a fictional scenario imagining how physicists might develop and understand closed time-like curves by 2116.
Findings
Imaginary creation of closed time-like curves in 2116
Potential implications for physics and time travel
Speculative future breakthroughs in physics
Abstract
This is an entry for Physics Today's recent essay contest, written as a "Search and Discovery" news story, imagining what major breakthroughs might be shaking the physics world one hundred years from now.
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TopicsComputational Physics and Python Applications