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Who was it that said that all particles effect all other particles?
I could swear that I saw it on an episode of "Cosmos" with the late Dr. Carl Sagan, but I also recall something in Dr. Stephen Hawkings' "A Brief History of Time". I am unable to locate those references now and they are pertinent to something that I am working on.
Thanks Gintle. I believe that the phrase was originally a generalization for laymen to start to comprehend the subject. Most of the time, when the subject comes up, like all humans, we tend to think locally rather than on the grand cosmic scale.
I understand the principles, but I actually looking for the scientist that made the basic statement in the first place. A reference link would be good, since I can look it up, if I only knew where to look. But if someone knows who it was that originally made the statement, it would be far more helpful.
I had either heard or read it many years ago, so it is more a generic memory of the actual phrase and who it was that made it. The author of the correctly worded phrase is who I am looking for.
And a thank you to everyone that has, or will give proper scientific information and/or the originating scientist that made the statement in the first place
4 Answers
- SciencenutLv 710 years agoFavorite Answer
Sir Isaac Newton in his Principia stated that all masses affect (attract) all other masses in the Universe. The same principle was later applied to electromagnetism.
- cosmoLv 710 years ago
The air molecules in the room you're in are constantly colliding. Suppose you could make a list of which molecule collides with which, in order as the collide. Then, you re-do the experiment (resetting all the molecules) and move one electron in a distant quasar by 1 centimeter. You would find that the list of collisions in your room would change within a short time, and would subsequently be entirely different.
- gintableLv 710 years ago
That is a bit of an overstatement. Sure, every particle affects all other particles...but for well over 99% of all the particles in the universe, they are far too distant for it to be of any significance.
- poornakumar bLv 710 years ago
Your misspelt word is showing. Make it 'affect' in place of 'effect' and restate
"all particles effect all other particles". No one said that. It is not so in general.
