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subject to a variety of transformations. It can be broken into pieces and can be turned into some other object. Thus from this viewpoint, it is not indestructible. This is the negative aspect. A compromise of positive and negative aspects can be easily made in this case.
(b) Is a magnetic field associated with an electrically charged sphere placed in a laboratory ?
According to modern science, there is no magnetic field associated with a charge at rest. However, there is a magnetic field associated with a charge in motion. Thus if scientist in the laboratory performs an experiment to detect the magnetic field due to the charged sphere, the result will be negative. However, if an astronaut on a spacecraft performs the same experiment, he will detect a magnetic field due to the charged sphere because he is in relative inotion with respect to the charged sphere.
(c)
If a coin is tossed, will it come up heads or tails ?
Obviously, it is impossible to predict the outcome of the toss. This is the inexpressible aspect. Now if the coin is tossed 20 times, it is reasonable to expect that it will come up heads 10 times. However, in any given set of 20 tosses, there is a certain finite probability of its coming up no heads at all, there is a certain finite probability of it coming up heads only once, there is a certain finite probability of its coming up heads twice, and so on and so forth. Obviously, the answer to the question depends on the point of view adopted in answering it.
(d) Consider a ball tied to the end of a string being whirled round and round at a constant speed. It is fairly easy to determine the position of the ball at any instant of time. Now according to modern science, a hydrogen atom consists of an electron revolving around a proton. In this instance, it is not possible to predict the position of the electron precisely. This is the inexpressible aspect. Now if we determine the positions of the electrons of a large number of hydrogen atoms at a given time ( or if we determine the positions of the electron of a single hydrogen atom at different instants of time ), it is found that there is a dcfinite probability of finding the electrons (electron) at a distance of about 0.0000000053 cm. from the protons (proton ). Note the similarity between the present experiment and the experiment of tossing a coin described in the previous example.
There is a rich variety of experiments in modern science which illustrate the doctrine of seven aspects.
According to Einstein's theory of relativity, the result of an observation depends on the relative motion of the frames of reference in which the body being observed and the observer are situated. Thus, if an astronaut in a speeding spaceship, observes the length of rod, the time interval between two events and the magnetic field due to a charged sphere, all placed in a laboratory, his observations
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