Originally posted by kbaumenGreat minds don't need to be good at math. Now a great mind that also was one of the deepest theoretical physicists of all times being bad at math just don't make much sense.
Btw, about Eintein being bad at maths, I had really heard this before and I never believed it. Sounds a bit fantastic that one of the world's greatest minds could've been bad at maths.
Originally posted by Keplerhaha so i take it you saw the episode of the "futurama"? yeah, it was awesome, i love the little black monkey dude
Is it real or is MOND a better explanation of the strange behaviour of galaxies? Are physicists just making it up as they go along or is there some truth in this dark matter malarkey?
I have to declare an interest here, I am currently researching how stars move in galaxies and what might be causing them to move too fast. The favoured explanation is dark matter but there is currently no real evidence for the existence of dark matter.
Originally posted by KeplerHow do you measure the speed at which stars are moving using MOND? It's been a while, but I understood Newton to have used free bodies moving in straight lines as his clock, yet there are no free bodies in the universe upon which to base such a clock.
Is it real or is MOND a better explanation of the strange behaviour of galaxies? Are physicists just making it up as they go along or is there some truth in this dark matter malarkey?
I have to declare an interest here, I am currently researching how stars move in galaxies and what might be causing them to move too fast. The favoured explanation is dark matter but there is currently no real evidence for the existence of dark matter.
As an aside, i'd be interested in knowing how one can determine accurately the speed of a moving object since relativity suggests this is very difficult for an observer to gauge using data from only one fixed point in space.