Myth Busting Physics

I started this project in 2009, when I noticed a mystery of science. Who doesn’t love to solve a mystery, right? I came across an article in Science magazine from January 4, 2008 which described four—dimensional spatial chemical reactions in crystals.

This goes against what Albert Einstein said in his General Theory of Relativity. In his theory, he stated that there are only three spatial dimensions and a single time dimension, and when they are combined make up what he calls a space-time continuum. Nevertheless, this article claims that there are four spatial dimensions and it does not refer to a time dimension. Who is right: Einstein or the 2008 Science magazine article?

I also came to question Einstein’s claim that “time” was some sort of dimension. After all, what does any clock measure? The most advanced clock ever made – the atomic clock – measures the vibrations of a quartz crystal and synchronizes it with the vibrations of a cesium atom. A definition of one second is 9,192,631,770 oscillations (vibrations – or movements) of a cesium 133 atom. According to John Langone, the international definition for a second according to The International Committee on Weights and Measures is defined as “the time an electron takes to spin on its axis inside a cesium 133 atom; and this translates to 9,192,631,770 oscillations.”

Also, is there any experimental evidence that “time” is any sort of dimension? I have never seen any so far.

Therefore, the definition of “time” must be tied to the synchronized movements of two objects in space. “Time” is movement. And our sense of “time” is tied to our sense of motion. All the definitions for our measurements of “time” are tied to some type of motion. A year is defined as one full orbit of our planet around the sun. A month is a partial orbit of our planet. A day is defined as Earth making one full spin on its North – South Axis. Both a minute and an hour can be measured and defined in many different ways. One way of defining a minute and hour is to say that they are some percent of the Earth's motion as it spins on its axis. “Time” can only be defined as a motion in space. Whether that space in which the motion occurs is one, two, three or four –dimensional is another issue altogether.