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HazelStone101 · 01-22-2014, 07:02 PM

SPOILER!!: Professor!

Quote:

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

He was mildly amused at how many students felt the need to answer his phoenix or the fire and chicken or the egg question. That had simply been an illustration of things. A rhetorical question. Anhywhooo....

"Eggcellent, Miss Smith," he said with a nod. "Big Bang theory indeed."

"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.

Oooh. This man was PUNNY. Emma smirked, jotting down notes as the man continued discussing the Big Bang Theory and all the events that happened with it. One of them in particular they were now being asked to name.

She of course had no idea what the name of this growth spurt THING was called, so she continued to lay low, scribbling down notes as the other students answered. Better to be silent than stupid.

01-22-2014, 07:02 PM	#125 (permalink)
HazelStone101 Puffskein Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: GMT -8 Posts: 2,495 Hogwarts RPG Name: Emma Rose Smith Third Year	♥ ♥Cutiepie ♥ ♥The Mouse & ♥ ♥ Peace.Love.Sponge♥ ♥ SPOILER!!: Professor! Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie He was mildly amused at how many students felt the need to answer his phoenix or the fire and chicken or the egg question. That had simply been an illustration of things. A rhetorical question. Anhywhooo.... "Eggcellent, Miss Smith," he said with a nod. "Big Bang theory indeed." "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. Oooh. This man was PUNNY. Emma smirked, jotting down notes as the man continued discussing the Big Bang Theory and all the events that happened with it. One of them in particular they were now being asked to name. She of course had no idea what the name of this growth spurt THING was called, so she continued to lay low, scribbling down notes as the other students answered. Better to be silent than stupid.