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Physics, Monday, Class #11, Period 4
"Hello, everyone. Don't forget final projects are due next week," Sam said, once the students were seated. Around the room, they might notice some pictures and video. On each desk was a fresh apple. "Today, as a treat, we'll be discussing wormholes."
No, she wasn't kidding about the treat part. Sam thought this was the best subject ever.
"Wormholes get their name from the easiest way to describe them. If a worm is traveling over the skin of an apple, then the worm could take a shortcut to the opposite side of the apple's skin by burrowing through its center, rather than traveling the entire distance around, just as a wormhole traveler could take a shortcut to the opposite side of the universe through a topologically nontrivial tunnel. Or, in other words, the shortest distance between two points - even in space and time - is a straight line, just as it is when you're working with maps or the shortest route to the corner store. On the larger intergalactic scale, however, that straight line is called a wormhole."
Sam also went on to explain, in great and extensive detail, the difference between black holes and wormholes, as well as the fact that a collapsing black hole would not cause a black hole.
"Of course, this is all purely theoretical," Sam finished, smiling slightly, "unless some of you know differently?"
No, she wasn't kidding about the treat part. Sam thought this was the best subject ever.
"Wormholes get their name from the easiest way to describe them. If a worm is traveling over the skin of an apple, then the worm could take a shortcut to the opposite side of the apple's skin by burrowing through its center, rather than traveling the entire distance around, just as a wormhole traveler could take a shortcut to the opposite side of the universe through a topologically nontrivial tunnel. Or, in other words, the shortest distance between two points - even in space and time - is a straight line, just as it is when you're working with maps or the shortest route to the corner store. On the larger intergalactic scale, however, that straight line is called a wormhole."
Sam also went on to explain, in great and extensive detail, the difference between black holes and wormholes, as well as the fact that a collapsing black hole would not cause a black hole.
"Of course, this is all purely theoretical," Sam finished, smiling slightly, "unless some of you know differently?"