Theory of Relativity challenged

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Theory of Relativity challenged

An Indian kid: strong contender for Nobel Prize in Physics for the

year 2001

 

>From our Correspondent

 

 

 

It is incredible but true. An Indian boy in his twelfth standard has

challenged Einstein's "Theory of Relativity". Sudarshan Reddy has

theoretically proved the existence of a sub-atomic particle that can

travel at a speed greater than that of light, thereby challenging one

of the fundamental postulates of the "Theory of Relativity". In his

recent research paper submitted to the "Institute of Advanced Physics

(IAP)" at Trieste, Italy, Sudarshan has proved the existence of a

class of sub-atomic particles called "leptons", that can travel

faster than light.

 

The international Physics community has been shell-shocked by this

discovery. Dr Massimo Martelli, President of the IAP, has this to say

about the paper submitted by Sudarshan: "After a long, careful and

critical analysis, I can confidently say that Sudarshan's research

paper shows a tremendous leap in our understanding of Physics as his

investigation mounts up on "leptons". His work builds substantially

on the work of Einstein and others in the field of relativity.

 

When physicists from Princeton University tried to measure

Sudarshan's IQ with an IQ-meter at the American Embassy in Delhi, the

meter reportedly broke down, simply because it was not calibrated to

measure such high IQ. Prof Carl Uppsala, Chairman of the Nobel Sub-

committee for Physics, has confirmed that Sudarshan has been

shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in Physics for the year 2001.

 

Sudarshan, incidentally, is the brother of Madhu Reddy, the Indian

whiz kid who developed an operating system superior to Microsoft

Windows.