Daniel's journal

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Daniel's journal

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Daniel's journal is a collection of notes kept by Daniel Faraday since his time as a professor of physics at Oxford University's Queen's College Physics Department. During the events of "The Constant", while trying to help Desmond, Daniel is seen frantically looking for the journal. The same journal has been used by Dan during "There's No Place Like Home, Part 1".

Within the storyline

Among other notes and experimental data, it contains the final correct settings for the consciousness time-transporter device used in the experiment with Eloise, and a note which reads, "If anything goes wrong, Desmond Hume will be my constant."

Other

On one of the pages, it references "The Lorentz Invariance". Also known as "the Lorentz covariance", it is an actual property within physics. It's a key property of spacetime that follows from the special theory of relativity, where it applies globally. It was created by Nobel Prize winning Dutch physicist Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (July 18, 1853 – February 4, 1928). Hendrik Antoon Lorentz's data in various fields was later interpreted by Albert Einstein.

Another reference is made to the Kerr metric. The Kerr metric is used in general relativity to describe the geometry of spacetime around a rotating massive body, also known as a black hole. The Kerr metric is an exact solution for Albert Einstein's field equations of general relativity. These equations are highly non-linear, which makes exact solutions very difficult to find.

In "There's No Place Like Home, Part 1", Daniel flips through his journal when he hears that Keamy and his men are headed toward the Orchid. Before he lands on the right page, another page is visible. The text says:

Using Eddington-Finkelstein

Coordinates (V, R) removes (?) the

Singularity at R=2m As R gets

Smaller - Light Cones (Comes?) tip (?) over.

Wikipedia entry on Eddington-Finkelstein coordinates ]

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