Faster than the speed of light: the Non-Conservative Scientist

Faster than Light. Image credit to Tibco

Mindridge University of Physics in the country of Zerusylnia was famed all over the world for its many scientific breakthroughs in physics and which found countless applications in various areas of industry.

Professor Brecknard Musfield was an eminent physicist in the School of Nuclear –Atomic Physics, Mindridge University of Physics, and he had won the Nobel Prize in Physics three times for his exceptionally basic and fundamental research works in nuclear and atomic physics. He was a gifted teacher and was admired by all his students. Professor Brecknard Musfield was among the many eminent physicists who believed that once any theory or law has been established in physics it was very difficult to challenge or subject to change.

Into the zone of limitlessness-the Super Light speed. Image credit to Planet Science

This was the only problem Mr. Throdert Rinth, a final year student of Nuclear-Atomic Physics at Mindridge University of Physics, had with Professor Brecknard Musfield.

‘No theory or law in science, no matter how established, is absolute’, he would tell Professor Musfield whenever such discussion arose in any of their lectures.

‘Listen my lad, once anything has been established---in science, in physics---it is very difficult to challenge it; more so, it can never be changed .Why? Because these scientific theories and laws are the cornerstone of inventions, innovations and discoveries’, the white-haired Professor would reply in his cool, confident manner.

‘They cannot be subjected to change provided the inventions and innovations made using them as a backbone remained within their elastic limits. But when you begin to imagine similar inventions and discoveries that could be made by exceeding their elastic limits, you now see that these established scientific theories and laws can be subjected to modification’, Mr. Throdert countered on one occasion of such discussion. There was silence in the large lecture theatre; most of the students had not expected such reply. Even the Professor was short of words for a few seconds. Then he looked at Mr. Throdert from above the rim of his glasses.

‘I know that some theories can be modified, like that of Dalton was’, he said. ‘But what do you mean by exceeding the elastic limits of these scientific theories and laws?’

‘Would you agree with me that there may exist or may be generated a radiation that can travel faster than light?’ said Mr. Throdert. There were scattered murmurings among the other students in the class.

‘Thereby changing the Special Theory of Relativity by Professor Albert Einstein?’ Professor Brecknard asked, looking at this student who was still a toddler in physics.

‘Yes Professor. And why do I ask this? If you think of superfast telecommunication, superfast internet and so on, you’ll agree with me that the current maximum constant speed of electromagnetic radiation requires an upgrade’.

‘You must be out of your mind. If you think that you can change the Special Theory of Relativity you’re wasting your time: nothing, no particle can travel faster than light; even highly energized electrons reach a maximum speed beyond which they cannot exceed no matter the increment in energy--at this point energy and mass becomes interconvertible so that any additional energy input makes the electrons more massive without increasing their speed’. Many of his mates thought Throdert was out of his mind to argue with the Professor.

Mr. Throdert could say no more. But as he walked to his room that day, he began to see an oasis in the desert of discovering or developing a wave-particle that can travel faster than light.

‘Maybe this will be my focus in my postgraduate studies’, he said to himself. ‘It will solve a myriad of problems’

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Mr. Throdert Rinth graduated with a first class honours in Nuclear-Atomic Physics at the age of 23.His dream of doing his postgraduate studies at Mindridge University of Physics was dashed when his research proposal---“Generating a Wave-Particle with Super-Light Speed”---was rejected. He was told to choose another research proposal but he refused.

‘You’re very stubborn’, Professor Brecknard Musfield told him on one of the days they met at Mindridge University Postgraduate School administrative complex. ‘You think if this was feasible nobody would have embarked on it. You have a great career ahead of you; be wise my lad’.

After about a month of trying and not succeeding to convince Mindridge, Mr. Throdert decided to try other Universities’ postgraduate schools and physics research institutes in Zerusylnia. All the postgraduate schools and virtually all the physics research institute he applied rejected the research proposal because they considered it non-feasible and what would be a waste of resources to attempt.

In the fifth month of his search, the Research Institute of Nuclear-Atomic Physics in Madizania state of Zerusylnia accepted his research proposal. The Institute was headed by an eminent physicist and Nobel laureate, Professor Rudojan Drischy. Professor Rudojan was among the very few eminent physicists who were still non-conservative and open-minded about anything in science.

‘Anything in science is subject to change because it is in change that we come to see that our mind, capability, science and physics----may have no limits within the human context’, he would always tell his students.

Mr. Throdert started his research work at once. For next five years, he researched and experimented on light beams and other electromagnetic radiations. He visited various parts of the world to collect samples of radioactive elements for his studies. By the end of the sixth year, he had not yet come up with any clue; even Professor Drischy started becoming sceptical about the feasibility of this research.

However, in the fourth month of the seventh year of his stay at the Institute, Mr. Throdert stumbled on something. While studying energized light beams and other radiations, he found out that below the constant speed of light, the energy of these beams and radiations had two segments----one segment of the energy contributed to increase their frequencies and the other segment contributed to increase in their wavelenghts; but as the radiations approached the constant speed of light, their  wavelenght-energy diminished while their frequency-energy increased, corresponding to the very high frequencies and very small wavelenghts observed at the speed of light; any further energizing beyond this point made the radiations more massive.

‘If I can find a way of independently manipulating each of these segmental radiation energies, then I can increase them, obtaining a radiation with a very high frequency and large wavelenght and travelling at a super-light speed’, he reasoned.

And this he worked towards. After another four years, he invented a device called “Wave-Energy Dissector” that allowed him to achieve his target. This new radiation Mr. Throdert called “mutaradiaton”[a mutated electromagnetic radiation], and its speed was five times that of normal light radiation. Three years later, he also built devices that used resonance frequency and interference of wave principles to show that mutaradiaton existed in nature.These accomplishments got him a doctorate degree in nuclear-atomic physics  from the Institute.

Mutaradiaton became indispensable in may areas, especially in intergalaxy space probe communication; it made telecommunication and the internet ultrafast, giving rise to Tenth Generation UltraComm Evolution Network (10G UCE Network), that offered internet speed in the range of hundreds of terabytes per second download.

Three years later, Dr.Throdert Rinth was honoured with the Nobel Prize in Physics, at the age of 40.One of the distinguished guests at the award ceremony was Professor Brecknard Musfield who was now the president of the World Academy of Physicists, the highest board of physicists in the world.

‘Now I believe you, Dr. Throdert Rinth, that when inventions and discoveries that exceed the elastic limits of current estblishished scientific theories  need to be made, then there is a need to subject these scientific principles to modification because the human mind is virtually limitless. And I believe this is a new dimension for the scientific community. I am now a convert of open-minded scientce’, Professor Brecknard concluded in his address. There were many rounds of applause from every corner of the golden-lit auditorium.

‘Thank you, my teacher’, Dr. Throdert began in the closing remarks of his Nobel address. ‘I want to say that theories and conventions in science are established to make us develop further by challenging their limits. Thank you all my teachers at the great Mindridge University of Physics; and thank you, my supervisor, Professor Rudojan Drischy for your patience and faith in one of the things you strongly believe in. God bless the physics community; God bless the scientific community; God bless you all; and God bless the whole world’.There was a a standing ovation for this great physics genius as he left the podium.

Two years later, Dr. Throdert Rinth was appointed a professor of Nuclear-Atomic Physics at the Mindridge University of Physics.He was also elected a Distinguished Fellow of the World Academy of Physicists.