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't Hooft operator
In theoretical physics, a 't Hooft operator, introduced by Gerard 't Hooft in the 1978 paper "On the phase transition towards permanent quark confinement", is a dual version of the Wilson loop in which the electromagnetic potential A is replaced by its electromagnetic dual Amag, where the exterior derivative of A is equal to the Hodge dual of the exterior derivative of Amag.
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A Brief History of Time
A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes is a popular-science book on cosmology (the study of the universe) by British physicist Stephen Hawking.
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Accretion disk
An accretion disk is a structure (often a circumstellar disk) formed by diffused material in orbital motion around a massive central body.
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Age of the universe
In physical cosmology, the age of the universe is the time elapsed since the Big Bang.
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Ajit Kembhavi
Ajit Kembhavi (born 16 August 1950) is an Indian astrophysicist.
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Akira (1988 film)
Akira (Japanese: アキラ Hepburn: Akira) is a 1988 Japanese animated post-apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, produced by Ryōhei Suzuki and Shunzō Katō, and written by Otomo and Izo Hashimoto, based on Otomo's manga of the same name.
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Alan Guth
Alan Harvey Guth (born February 27, 1947) is an American theoretical physicist and cosmologist.
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Amnion (Gap Cycle)
The Amnion (singular, Amnioni) are a fictional alien species in Stephen R. Donaldson's The Gap Cycle.
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Andrei Sakharov
Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov (p; 21 May 192114 December 1989) was a Russian nuclear physicist, dissident, and activist for disarmament, peace and human rights.
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Anupam Mazumdar
Anupam Mazumdar is a theoretical physicist at the University of Groningen specialising in cosmology and quantum gravity.
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Arrowverse
The Arrowverse is an American media franchise and shared fictional universe that is centered on various television series airing on The CW and web series airing on CW Seed, developed by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg, Ali Adler, Phil Klemmer, and Geoff Johns, based on characters appearing in publications by DC Comics.
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Atom (comics)
The Atom is a name shared by several fictional comic book superheroes from the DC Comics universe. The original Golden Age Atom, Al Pratt, was created by writer Bill O'Connor and artist Ben Flinton and first appeared in All-American Publications' All-American Comics #19 (Oct. 1940). The second Atom was the Silver Age Atom, Ray Palmer, who first appeared in 1961. The third Atom, Adam Cray, was a minor character present in Suicide Squad stories. The fourth Atom, Ryan Choi, debuted in a new Atom series in August 2006. Another Atom from the 853rd Century first appeared as part of Justice Legion Alpha in August 1999. The Atom has been the star of multiple solo series, and four of the five have appeared as members of various superhero teams, such as the Justice Society of America, the Justice League, the Suicide Squad, and the Justice Legion Alpha.
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Between the Strokes of Night
Between the Strokes of Night (1985) is a science fiction novel by Charles Sheffield.
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Big Bang
The Big Bang theory is the prevailing cosmological model for the universe from the earliest known periods through its subsequent large-scale evolution.
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Big Bounce
The Big Bounce is a hypothetical cosmological model for the origin of the known universe.
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Big Rip
In physical cosmology, the Big Rip is a hypothetical cosmological model concerning the ultimate fate of the universe, in which the matter of the universe, from stars and galaxies to atoms and subatomic particles, and even spacetime itself, is progressively torn apart by the expansion of the universe at a certain time in the future.
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BKL singularity
A Belinsky-Khalatnikov-Lifshitz (BKL) singularity is a model of the dynamic evolution of the Universe near the initial singularity, described by an anisotropic, homogeneous, chaotic solution to Einstein's field equations of gravitation.
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Black hole
A black hole is a region of spacetime exhibiting such strong gravitational effects that nothing—not even particles and electromagnetic radiation such as light—can escape from inside it.
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Black hole complementarity
Black hole complementarity is a conjectured solution to the black hole information paradox, proposed by Leonard Susskind and Larus Thorlacius, and Gerard 't Hooft.
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Black hole information paradox
The black hole information paradox is a puzzle resulting from the combination of quantum mechanics and general relativity.
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Black Holes and Time Warps
Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy is a 1994 popular science book by physicist Kip Thorne.
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Black star (semiclassical gravity)
A black star is a gravitational object composed of matter.
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Bogdanov affair
The Bogdanov affair is an academic dispute regarding the legitimacy of a series of theoretical physics papers written by French twins '''Igor''' and '''Grichka Bogdanov''' (alternately spelt Bogdanoff).
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Burt Ovrut
Burt Ovrut is an American theoretical physicist best known for his work on heterotic string theory.
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CGHS model
The Callan–Giddings–Harvey–Strominger model or CGHS model in short is a toy model of general relativity in 1 spatial and 1 time dimension.
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Chaos and Order
Chaos and Order (or officially The Gap into Madness: Chaos and Order) is a science fiction novel by American writer Stephen R. Donaldson, the fourth book of The Gap Cycle series.
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Charles Hellaby
Charles Hellaby is an associate professor of applied mathematics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
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Chinese creation myths
Chinese creation myths are symbolic narratives about the origins of the universe, earth, and life.
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Chronology of the universe
The chronology of the universe describes the history and future of the universe according to Big Bang cosmology.
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Chronometric singularity
A chronometric singularity (also called a temporal or horological singularity) is a point at which time cannot be measured or described.
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Compact star
In astronomy, the term "compact star" (or "compact object") refers collectively to white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes.
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Conformal map
In mathematics, a conformal map is a function that preserves angles locally.
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Cosmic censorship hypothesis
The weak and the strong cosmic censorship hypotheses are two mathematical conjectures about the structure of singularities arising in general relativity.
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Cosmogony
Cosmogony is any model concerning the origin of either the cosmos or universe.
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Dark-energy star
A dark-energy star is a hypothetical compact astrophysical object, which a minority of physicists think might constitute an alternative explanation for observations of astronomical black hole candidates.
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De Sitter universe
A de Sitter universe is a cosmological solution to the Einstein field equations of general relativity, named after Willem de Sitter.
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De Sitter–Schwarzschild metric
In general relativity, the de Sitter–Schwarzschild solution describes a black hole in a causal patch of de Sitter space.
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Degenerate matter
Degenerate matter is a highly dense state of matter in which particles must occupy high states of kinetic energy in order to satisfy the Pauli exclusion principle.
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Domain wall (string theory)
In physics, a domain wall is any of several similar things in string theory, magnetism, or optics.
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Eight Worlds
The Eight Worlds are the fictional setting of a series of science fiction novels and short stories by John Varley, in which the solar system has been colonized by human refugees fleeing an alien invasion of the Earth.
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Einstein Prize (APS)
Since 2003, the Einstein Prize is a biennial prize awarded by the American Physical Society.
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Einstein–Cartan theory
In theoretical physics, the Einstein–Cartan theory, also known as the Einstein–Cartan–Sciama–Kibble theory, is a classical theory of gravitation similar to general relativity.
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End time
The end time (also called end times, end of time, end of days, last days, final days, or eschaton) is a future time-period described variously in the eschatologies of several world religions (both Abrahamic and non-Abrahamic), which believe that world events will reach a final climax.
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Ernst Schmutzer
Ernst Schmutzer (born 26 February 1930) is a German theoretical physicist.
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Euclidean quantum gravity
In theoretical physics, Euclidean quantum gravity is a version of quantum gravity.
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Eureka: A Prose Poem
Eureka (1848) is a lengthy non-fiction work by American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) which he subtitled "A Prose Poem", though it has also been subtitled as "An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe".
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Event horizon
In general relativity, an event horizon is a region in spacetime beyond which events cannot affect an outside observer.
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Farcaster
A farcaster is an instantaneous transportation device in the fictional Hyperion universe.
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Frank J. Tipler
Frank Jennings Tipler (born February 1, 1947) is an American mathematical physicist and cosmologist, holding a joint appointment in the Departments of Mathematics and Physics at Tulane University.
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Fringe (TV series)
Fringe is an American science fiction television series created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci.
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Fuzzball (string theory)
Fuzzballs are theorized by some superstring theory scientists to be the true quantum description of black holes.
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General Products
In Larry Niven's fictional Known Space universe, General Products is a Pierson's Puppeteers company which produces various spacecraft components.
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General relativity
General relativity (GR, also known as the general theory of relativity or GTR) is the geometric theory of gravitation published by Albert Einstein in 1915 and the current description of gravitation in modern physics.
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Geodesics in general relativity
In general relativity, a geodesic generalizes the notion of a "straight line" to curved spacetime.
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Georges Lemaître
Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître, RAS Associate (17 July 1894 – 20 June 1966) was a Belgian Catholic Priest, astronomer and professor of physics at the Catholic University of Leuven.
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Gravitational collapse
Gravitational collapse is the contraction of an astronomical object due to the influence of its own gravity, which tends to draw matter inward toward the center of gravity.
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Gravity
Gravity, or gravitation, is a natural phenomenon by which all things with mass or energy—including planets, stars, galaxies, and even light—are brought toward (or gravitate toward) one another.
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Hand of Omega
The Hand of Omega is a fictional device from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
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Hartle–Hawking state
In theoretical physics, the Hartle–Hawking state, named after James Hartle and Stephen Hawking, is a proposal concerning the state of the Universe prior to the Planck epoch.
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Hawking (2004 film)
Hawking is a BBC television film about Stephen Hawking's early years as a PhD student at Cambridge University, following his search for the beginning of time, and his struggle against motor neuron disease.
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Hawking radiation
Hawking radiation is blackbody radiation that is predicted to be released by black holes, due to quantum effects near the event horizon.
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Heritage Universe
The Heritage Universe is a fictional setting created by Charles Sheffield for a series of science fiction novels.
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History of general relativity
General relativity (GR) is a theory of gravitation that was developed by Albert Einstein between 1907 and 1915, with contributions by many others after 1915.
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History of gravitational theory
In physics, theories of gravitation postulate mechanisms of interaction governing the movements of bodies with mass.
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History of the Big Bang theory
The history of the Big Bang theory began with the Big Bang's development from observations and theoretical considerations.
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Homothetic vector field
A homothetic vector field (sometimes homothetic collineation or homothety) is a projective vector field which satisfies the condition: where c is a real constant.
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Hyperspace
Hyperspace is a faster-than-light (FTL) method of traveling used in science fiction.
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Hypothetical star
A hypothetical star is a star, or type of star, that is speculated to exist but has yet to be definitively observed.
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Imaginary time
Imaginary time is a mathematical representation of time which appears in some approaches to special relativity and quantum mechanics.
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Indeterminacy (philosophy)
Indeterminacy, in philosophy, can refer both to common scientific and mathematical concepts of uncertainty and their implications and to another kind of indeterminacy deriving from the nature of definition or meaning.
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Index of physics articles (G)
The index of physics articles is split into multiple pages due to its size.
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Infinity
Infinity (symbol) is a concept describing something without any bound or larger than any natural number.
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Inflation (cosmology)
In physical cosmology, cosmic inflation, cosmological inflation, or just inflation, is a theory of exponential expansion of space in the early universe.
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Interdimensional being
An extradimensional being or intelligence (also intra-dimensional and other-dimensional) is a type of theoretical or a real entity in a dimension beyond our own.
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Interstellar (film)
Interstellar is a 2014 epic science fiction film directed, co-written, and co-produced by Christopher Nolan.
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Introduction to general relativity
General relativity is a theory of gravitation that was developed by Albert Einstein between 1907 and 1915.
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Jean-Pierre Petit
Jean-Pierre Petit (born 5 April 1937, Choisy-le-Roi) is a French scientist, senior researcher at National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) as an astrophysicist in Marseille Observatory, now retired.
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John Titor
John Titor is a name used on several bulletin boards during 2000 and 2001 by a poster claiming to be an American military time traveler from 2036.
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Kaleidoscope Century
Kaleidoscope Century is a science fiction novel by John Barnes.
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Kerr metric
The Kerr metric or Kerr geometry describes the geometry of empty spacetime around a rotating uncharged axially-symmetric black hole with a spherical event horizon.
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Krityunjai Prasad Sinha
Krityunjai Prasad Sinha (born July 5, 1929) is an Indian theoretical physicist and an emeritus professor the Indian Institute of Science.
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Kruskal–Szekeres coordinates
In general relativity Kruskal–Szekeres coordinates, named after Martin Kruskal and George Szekeres, are a coordinate system for the Schwarzschild geometry for a black hole.
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Lemaître coordinates
Lemaître coordinates are a particular set of coordinates for the Schwarzschild metric – a spherically symmetric solution to the Einstein field equations in a vacuum – obtained by Monsignor Georges Lemaître in 1932.
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Leticia Corral
Leticia Corral (born March 16, 1959) is a Mexican mathematician and materials scientist.
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Light (novel)
Light is a science fiction novel by M. John Harrison published in 2002.
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List of fictional doomsday devices
Doomsday devices, when used in fiction, are capable of destroying anything from a civilization to an entire universe, and may be used for the purpose of mutually assured destruction, or as weapons in their own right.
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List of Lexx episodes
There are four seasons of Lexx totalling 61 episodes, initially televised from 1997 (in Canada) to 2002.
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List of Star Trek characters (N–S)
This article lists characters of Star Trek in their various canonical incarnations.
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List of The Tomorrow People serials
This is a list of stories of the British science fiction series, The Tomorrow People.
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List of unsolved problems in physics
Some of the major unsolved problems in physics are theoretical, meaning that existing theories seem incapable of explaining a certain observed phenomenon or experimental result.
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Loop quantum cosmology
Loop quantum cosmology (LQC) is a finite, symmetry-reduced model of loop quantum gravity (LQG) that predicts a "quantum bridge" between contracting and expanding cosmological branches.
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Mathematics of general relativity
The mathematics of general relativity refers to various mathematical structures and techniques that are used in studying and formulating Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity.
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Metric tensor (general relativity)
In general relativity, the metric tensor (in this context often abbreviated to simply the metric) is the fundamental object of study.
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Michał Heller
Michał Kazimierz Heller (born 12 March 1936 in Tarnów) is a Polish professor of philosophy at the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Kraków, Poland, and an adjunct member of the Vatican Observatory staff.
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Micro black hole
Micro black holes, also called quantum mechanical black holes or mini black holes, are hypothetical tiny black holes, for which quantum mechanical effects play an important role.
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Mythology of Fringe
Fringe is an American science fiction drama television series originally broadcast from 2008 to 2013.
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Naked singularity
In general relativity, a naked singularity is a gravitational singularity without an event horizon.
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Nikodem Popławski
Nikodem Janusz Popławski (born March 1, 1975) is a theoretical physicist, most widely noted for the hypothesis that every black hole could be a doorway to another universe and that the universe was formed within a black hole which itself exists in a larger universe.
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Non-standard cosmology
A non-standard cosmology is any physical cosmological model of the universe that was, or still is, proposed as an alternative to the then-current standard model of cosmology.
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Numerical relativity
Numerical relativity is one of the branches of general relativity that uses numerical methods and algorithms to solve and analyze problems.
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Outline of astronomy
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to astronomy: Astronomy – studies the universe beyond Earth, including its formation and development, and the evolution, physics, chemistry, meteorology, and motion of celestial objects (such as galaxies, planets, etc.) and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth (such as the cosmic background radiation).
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Outline of black holes
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to black holes: Black hole – mathematically defined region of spacetime exhibiting such a strong gravitational pull that no particle or electromagnetic radiation can escape from it.
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Outline of physics
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to physics: Physics – natural science that involves the study of matterRichard Feynman begins his ''Lectures'' with the atomic hypothesis, as his most compact statement of all scientific knowledge: "If, in some cataclysm, all of scientific knowledge were to be destroyed, and only one sentence passed on to the next generations..., what statement would contain the most information in the fewest words? I believe it is...
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Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems
The Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems are a set of results in general relativity that attempt to answer the question of when gravitation produces singularities.
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Physical cosmology
Physical cosmology is the study of the largest-scale structures and dynamics of the Universe and is concerned with fundamental questions about its origin, structure, evolution, and ultimate fate.
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Physical paradox
A physical paradox is an apparent contradiction in physical descriptions of the universe.
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Physics beyond the Standard Model
Physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM) refers to the theoretical developments needed to explain the deficiencies of the Standard Model, such as the origin of mass, the strong CP problem, neutrino oscillations, matter–antimatter asymmetry, and the nature of dark matter and dark energy.
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Quantum cosmology
Quantum cosmology is the attempt in theoretical physics to develop a quantum theory of the Universe.
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Quantum singularity
The term quantum singularity is used to refer to many different phenomena in fiction, which often approximately resemble a gravitational singularity in the scientific sense in that they are massive, localized distortions of space and time.
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Raychaudhuri equation
In general relativity, the Raychaudhuri equation, or Landau–Raychaudhuri equation, is a fundamental result describing the motion of nearby bits of matter.
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Ring singularity
A ring singularity or ringularity is the gravitational singularity of a rotating black hole, or a Kerr black hole, that is shaped like a ring.
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Ringworld's Children
Ringworld's Children is a 2004 science fiction novel by American writer Larry Niven, the fourth in the Ringworld series set in the Known Space universe.
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Rolling ball argument
In topology, quantum mechanics and geometrodynamics, rolling-ball arguments are used to describe how the perceived geometry and connectedness of a surface can be scale-dependent.
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Romulan
The Romulans are an extraterrestrial humanoid species in the science fiction franchise Star Trek.
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Ronald Mallett
Ronald Lawrence "Ron" Mallett (born March 30, 1945) is an American theoretical physicist, academic, and author.
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Schwarzschild metric
In Einstein's theory of general relativity, the Schwarzschild metric (also known as the Schwarzschild vacuum or Schwarzschild solution) is the solution to the Einstein field equations that describes the gravitational field outside a spherical mass, on the assumption that the electric charge of the mass, angular momentum of the mass, and universal cosmological constant are all zero.
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Singularity
Singularity or singular point may refer to.
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Spacetime symmetries
Spacetime symmetries are features of spacetime that can be described as exhibiting some form of symmetry.
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Spacetime topology
Spacetime topology is the topological structure of spacetime, a topic studied primarily in general relativity.
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Spaghettification
In astrophysics, spaghettification (sometimes referred to as the noodle effect) is the vertical stretching and horizontal compression of objects into long thin shapes (rather like spaghetti) in a very strong non-homogeneous gravitational field; it is caused by extreme tidal forces.
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State of matter
In physics, a state of matter is one of the distinct forms in which matter can exist.
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Stellar black hole
A stellar black hole (or stellar-mass black hole) is a black hole formed by the gravitational collapse of a massive star.
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Super Dimension Century Orguss
is an anime science fiction series.
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Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Galaxy is a 2007 platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii.
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Superman: Red Son
Superman: Red Son is a three-issue prestige format comic book mini-series published by DC Comics that was released under their Elseworlds imprint in 2003.
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Superstring theory
Superstring theory is an attempt to explain all of the particles and fundamental forces of nature in one theory by modeling them as vibrations of tiny supersymmetric strings.
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Synchronous frame
In the special theory of relativity, choice of coordinates is limited by the requirement for a special kind of spacetime metric: the Minkowski metric.
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Systems Commonwealth
The All Systems Commonwealth or simply the Systems Commonwealth is a fictional intergalactic government from Gene Roddenberry's science fiction TV series Andromeda.
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Tales from the Floating Vagabond
Tales from the Floating Vagabond is a science-fiction role-playing game by Lee Garvin, published by Avalon Hill in 1991.
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The Establishment (comics)
The Establishment is a super hero group that was operated by the British government within the Wildstorm Universe.
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The Flash (2014 TV series)
The Flash is an American superhero television series developed by Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, and Geoff Johns, airing on The CW.
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The Gap Cycle
The Gap Cycle (published 1991–1996 by Bantam Books and reprinted by Gollancz in 2008) is a science fiction story, told in a series of 5 books, written by Stephen R. Donaldson.
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The Monarchy (comics)
The Monarchy was an American comic book series written by Doselle Young with art by John McCrea.
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The Ophiuchi Hotline
The Ophiuchi Hotline is a 1977 science fiction novel by American writer John Varley.
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The Three Doctors (Doctor Who)
The Three Doctors is the first serial of the tenth season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 30 December 1972 to 20 January 1973.
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Thorne–Hawking–Preskill bet
The Thorne–Hawking–Preskill bet was a public bet on the outcome of the black hole information paradox made in 1997 by physics theorists Kip Thorne and Stephen Hawking on the one side, and John Preskill on the other, according to the document they signed February 6, 1997, as shown in Hawking's The Universe in a Nutshell.
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Time Lord
The Time Lords are a fictional, ancient extraterrestrial species in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, of which the series' protagonist, the Doctor, is a member.
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Timelike Infinity
Timelike Infinity is a 1992 science fiction book by British author Stephen Baxter.
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Timeline of black hole physics
Timeline of black hole physics.
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Timeline of cosmological theories
This timeline of cosmological theories and discoveries is a chronological record of the development of humanity's understanding of the cosmos over the last two-plus millennia.
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Timeline of gravitational physics and relativity
Timeline of gravitational physics and general relativity.
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Timeline of the formation of the Universe
This is a timeline of the formation and subsequent evolution of the Universe from the Big Bang (13.799 ± 0.021 billion years ago) to the present day.
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Timescape (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
"Timescape" is the 151st episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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Tree of knowledge system
The tree of knowledge (ToK) system is a theoretical approach to the unification of psychology developed by Gregg Henriques, associate professor and director of the Combined-Integrated Doctoral Program in Clinical and School Psychology at James Madison University.
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Ultimate fate of the universe
The ultimate fate of the universe is a topic in physical cosmology, whose theoretical restrictions allow possible scenarios for the evolution and ultimate fate of the universe to be described and evaluated.
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Universe
The Universe is all of space and time and their contents, including planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy.
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University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University)The corporate title of the university is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.
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Vladimir Belinski
Vladimir Alekseevich Belinski (last name is also spelled Belinsky, Владимир Алексеевич Белинский; born 26 March 1941) is a Russian and Italian theoretical physicist involved in research in cosmology and general relativity.
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Voltron
Voltron: Defender of the Universe is an American animated television series that features a team of space explorers who pilot a giant Super Robot known as "Voltron".
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Voltron (comics)
Voltron is the name of two past comic book series and one current series published by different companies.
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Weapons in Star Trek
The Star Trek fictional universe contains a variety of weapons, ranging from missiles (the classic photon torpedo) to melee (primarily used by the Klingons, a race of aliens in the Star Trek universe).
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Weyl curvature hypothesis
The Weyl curvature hypothesis, which arises in the application of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity to physical cosmology, was introduced by the British mathematician and theoretical physicist Sir Roger Penrose in an article in 1979 in an attempt to provide explanations for two of the most fundamental issues in physics.
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White hole
In general relativity, a white hole is a hypothetical region of spacetime which cannot be entered from the outside, although matter and light can escape from it.
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William Lane Craig
William Lane Craig (born August 23, 1949) is an American analytic philosopher and Christian theologian.
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Wolf Prize in Physics
The Wolf Prize in Physics is awarded once a year by the Wolf Foundation in Israel.
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Woodward effect
The Woodward effect, also referred to as a Mach effect, is part of a hypothesis proposed by James F. Woodward in 1990.
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World egg
The world egg, cosmic egg or mundane egg is a mythological motif found in the creation myths of many cultures and civilizations.
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1910 in science
The year 1910 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
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2015 in science
A number of significant scientific events occurred in 2015.
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6B (Fringe)
"6B" is the 14th episode of the third season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe, and the 57th episode overall.
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Cosmic singularity, Cosmological singularities, Cosmological singularity, Gravitational singularities, Space-time singularity, Spacetime singularity.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_singularity
