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Princesspower · 01-22-2014, 06:41 PM

SPOILER!!: sweetpinkpixie;11524923

Airey sort of missed the first part of her response, something about a ball dropping on the Earth or something like that, because of her request. He had used food before...a jawbreaker to be precise. Maybe if he had dropped the ball in a glass bowl students wouldn't be as....squirmy? He kept the Astronomy Tower clean enough to eat right off the floor though - or so he thought at least. "Certainly, Miss Edwards," he said with a small nod. Was that what Miss Fischer had been referring to?

He wasn't going to insist that the food was not wasted because, well, he had dropped it with purpose so that was not waste in his book. Plus...he didn't want to see the Gryffindor cry. Tears made him squirmy.

"As many of you guessed, what I was crudely demonstrating by having the egg splatter on the floor was the Big Bang Theory or, as Miss Greenwell implied, how many perceive the Big Bang Theory. Namely that it it one big EXPLOSION of stuff all over the universe." Not to feel bad. It was a very common thing, so no student should feel bad about it. "While no one knows for sure seeing as there was no eye witness to the beginning of all things, the most accepted theory until semi recently, as Miss Gallaway mentioned with the black hole suggestion, was the Big Bang Theory which is what I would like us to focus on today and for the rest of the term. Not just the theory itself, but creation." Pretty exciting stuff really. Not to mention he was keeping the promise he had made to a few seventh years regarding a project with jars.

"Despite what the name suggests, there was not a bunch of space guts and debris that sprang out of seemingly no where, whizzing out into the surrounding space. All explosions have a center. For this to be true about the Big Bang Theory, then there would need to be something that exploded, or expanded, from one center point outward into space. However, what the theory does is suggest that space itself is expanding and doing so in all directions and equally." He paused for a moment. "So, what I want you all to do is erase the image of a bomb going off from your mind as to what the Big Bang is. The Big Bang was not so much an explosion as the start of a great expansion, which continues even now. Can you all do that?"

Not waiting for any head nodding or protesting, he moved things along by flicking his wand towards a piece of chalk to make it write on the black board for him.

"Before we get more into the physics and logistics of the theory, I want us all to back up a bit and break things down so we can stomach things a little easier," he said with another step towards the broken egg on the floor and gave his wand another flick to put it all back together again. "We are going to understand the Big Bang in 10 steps. We have already gone over the first step, which is the initial "bang,"" he said while using air quotes when he said the word bang. "The Big Bang was caused by quantum fluctuations which are, in laymen's terms, temporary appearance of energetic particles out of nothing and in its first few moments the universe was extremely hot and dense. Now, when the universe was very VERY young - about a hundredth of a billionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second - it experienced a tremendous growth spurt. Can anyone tell me what the name of this growth spurt is called?"

OOC: I am so sorry for the delay everyone, but thank you for your patience <3

Have your character answer the question if they know it, or feel free to have them venture a guess if they don't. I like creative and wacky answers too :3 Sitting quietly and keeping notes is also perfectly fine!

Class will resume approximately 17 hours from now. Hopefully.

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Sarah listened with interest, and thanked the professor for bearing that in mind. She listened as the answers rolled off the tongues of those around her... what was the expansion called? Sarah actually did not know... although the name 'inflation' that the others were giving did seem to fit. She did not care about this part of science to much, it was going to be contested forever more. Instead she wanted to hear everyones opinions on it and as what people thought always interested her (unless they were about her... which did not faze her too much).
She listened carefully, in case she needed the information later

01-22-2014, 06:41 PM	#124 (permalink)
Princesspower Snidget Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Up the Faraway Tree Posts: 2,586 Hogwarts RPG Name: Sarah Edwards x8	Gryffinclaw-Ravendor • The REAL Hermione Granger SPOILER!!: sweetpinkpixie;11524923 Airey sort of missed the first part of her response, something about a ball dropping on the Earth or something like that, because of her request. He had used food before...a jawbreaker to be precise. Maybe if he had dropped the ball in a glass bowl students wouldn't be as....squirmy? He kept the Astronomy Tower clean enough to eat right off the floor though - or so he thought at least. "Certainly, Miss Edwards," he said with a small nod. Was that what Miss Fischer had been referring to? He wasn't going to insist that the food was not wasted because, well, he had dropped it with purpose so that was not waste in his book. Plus...he didn't want to see the Gryffindor cry. Tears made him squirmy. "As many of you guessed, what I was crudely demonstrating by having the egg splatter on the floor was the Big Bang Theory or, as Miss Greenwell implied, how many perceive the Big Bang Theory. Namely that it it one big EXPLOSION of stuff all over the universe." Not to feel bad. It was a very common thing, so no student should feel bad about it. "While no one knows for sure seeing as there was no eye witness to the beginning of all things, the most accepted theory until semi recently, as Miss Gallaway mentioned with the black hole suggestion, was the Big Bang Theory which is what I would like us to focus on today and for the rest of the term. Not just the theory itself, but creation." Pretty exciting stuff really. Not to mention he was keeping the promise he had made to a few seventh years regarding a project with jars. "Despite what the name suggests, there was not a bunch of space guts and debris that sprang out of seemingly no where, whizzing out into the surrounding space. All explosions have a center. For this to be true about the Big Bang Theory, then there would need to be something that exploded, or expanded, from one center point outward into space. However, what the theory does is suggest that space itself is expanding and doing so in all directions and equally." He paused for a moment. "So, what I want you all to do is erase the image of a bomb going off from your mind as to what the Big Bang is. The Big Bang was not so much an explosion as the start of a great expansion, which continues even now. Can you all do that?" Not waiting for any head nodding or protesting, he moved things along by flicking his wand towards a piece of chalk to make it write on the black board for him. "Before we get more into the physics and logistics of the theory, I want us all to back up a bit and break things down so we can stomach things a little easier," he said with another step towards the broken egg on the floor and gave his wand another flick to put it all back together again. "We are going to understand the Big Bang in 10 steps. We have already gone over the first step, which is the initial "bang,"" he said while using air quotes when he said the word bang. "The Big Bang was caused by quantum fluctuations which are, in laymen's terms, temporary appearance of energetic particles out of nothing and in its first few moments the universe was extremely hot and dense. Now, when the universe was very VERY young - about a hundredth of a billionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second - it experienced a tremendous growth spurt. Can anyone tell me what the name of this growth spurt is called?" OOC: I am so sorry for the delay everyone, but thank you for your patience <3 Have your character answer the question if they know it, or feel free to have them venture a guess if they don't. I like creative and wacky answers too :3 Sitting quietly and keeping notes is also perfectly fine! Class will resume approximately 17 hours from now. Hopefully. [/FONT] Sarah listened with interest, and thanked the professor for bearing that in mind. She listened as the answers rolled off the tongues of those around her... what was the expansion called? Sarah actually did not know... although the name 'inflation' that the others were giving did seem to fit. She did not care about this part of science to much, it was going to be contested forever more. Instead she wanted to hear everyones opinions on it and as what people thought always interested her (unless they were about her... which did not faze her too much). She listened carefully, in case she needed the information later __________________