http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/News/In_The_Media/100_Budding_Young_...

is that they are all obsessed with Harry Potter and don't care at all
about Einstein's miracles (sometimes they simulate care but that is
because they want to become members of Einstein criminal cult). The
only person in the world who could offer something comparable to Harry
Potter's stuff is Ronald Mallett, "professor at one of the country's
leading universities":

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology....
"The real life Doctor Who who believes he can build a time
machine.....You would not only be able to meet the dead - but to save
them as well. A new book tells the story of an extraordinary man whose
life work is inspired by a longing to do just that. It was the
devastating sudden death of Ronald Mallett's beloved father which
sparked his obsession with time-travel....Ronald simply could not
accept that he would never see his father again. And he began to
wonder if there was a way they could be reunited.....From that day,
Mallet became obsessed with time travel, despite having no clear idea
of how it could be accomplished.....Mallett became obsessed with the
German scientist - who had died in 1955, the same year as his father.
Most importantly, Mallett realised - as Einstein had himself - that
the new way of thinking about gravity, space and time contained in the
physicist's Special and General theories of relativity meant that a
time machine was at least possible in theory. Einstein's equations
showed that by twisting spacetime around, it is possible in theory to
make a connection from future to past. Step into this timeloop, and
you could emerge years later or earlier.....Mallett's time machine
went public in 2001, when New Scientist magazine ran an article about
his design, and TV appearances followed. "Mallett isn't mad," the New
Scientist article said. "None of the known laws of physics forbids
time-travel. "In theory, shunting matter back and forth through time
shouldn't be that difficult."....Mallett's solution is much simpler.
He thinks he can reverse time by using just a circulating beam of
light. Light is energy, and energy can cause spacetime to warp and
bend, just like gigantic spinning cylinders, he explains.....He thinks
he can build a prototype machine in the lab, using today's technology,
with funds of just $250,000 (£120,000). However, Prof Mallett is fussy
about who gives him the money.....Just think: a time-traveller could
go back and meet himself....What, for example, would happen if you
killed your past self? Would both versions of 'you' die at the same
time?.....But, while some physicists have questioned Mallett's
approach, no one has yet proved with absolute certainty that the
machine would not work."

The Ministry of Silly Walks

http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/370230/monty_python_ministry_of_silly_w...

should offer to the 100 budding young Einsteins the following problem:
Does the fact that "while some physicists have questioned Mallett's
approach, no one has yet proved with absolute certainty that the
machine would not work" anything to do with the fact that, while some
biologists question the statement that the greenness of the crocodile
exceeds its length, no one has yet proved with absolute certainty that
it is the length that exceeds the greenness? In the process of
resolving the problem budding young Einsteins will forget completely
Harry Potter.

Pentcho Valev