Peter Lynds

[NLN]

A few years ago a young amateur physicist named Peter Lynds proposed a radical new theory of time. It gained a lot of press, but I haven't heard anything about the young man since. Has anyone else?

[LaurieAG]

Hello NLN,

 

Here's his home page.

 

Peter Lynds - Home

[snoopy]

It wasn't that radical based on ancient greek philosophical argument.

 

I prefer Planck's view of time.

[jungjedi]

whats planks view 0f time?

[NLN]

Thanks, Laurie. Do you know anything more about Lynds? I heard that he is writing a book on cosmology, but haven't heard much else.

[snoopy]

To JungJedi,

 

Take the fastest thing in the universe ( a photon)

 

Take the shortest measurable distance in the universe (planck length 1.6 × 10^−35 metres )

 

Time how quickly the photon would cover that distance

 

end up with Planck Time approx 1/ 1.855×10^43 of a second.

 

Therefore time is made up of these quantas of time called the Planck Time.

 

It's a practical approach of what you can actually prove.

 

simple reference

Planck time - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Cheers

;)