Suggested Reference Reed, P. G. (2016). Spacetime symmetry: Rogerian encounters with Einstein. Visions: The Manuscript 3, 25-34. Retrieved from Journal of Rogerian Nursing Science, 22(1), Spacetime Symmetry: Rogerian Encounters with Einstein We achieve a life worth living by understanding how the cosmos achieved an existence worth existing.1 Pamela G. Reed, RN, MSN, MA, PhD, FAAN Professor The University of Arizona College of Nursing, Community and Systems Heath Sciences Division 1305 N. Martin/PO Box 210203 Tucson, Arizona 85721-0203 Email: preed@email.arizona.edu Phone 520-626-4131 ABSTRACT This paper is a celebration of of Martha Rogers’ conceptual ideas, specifically her translation of the cosmos into theoretical principles and perspectives for nursing. The Einstein’s theories paper presents an overview of of relativity, with a focus on spacetime Einstein’s theories symmetry and theoretical principles. The broken symmetry of temporality its parallels to Roger’s is explored in reference to ontological questions in nursing. Epistemic implications of Einstein’s special relativity and the speed of light are addressed. The paper concludes with a theme of translating metaphysical concepts into empirical inquiry for nursing. Key Words: Einstein, Rogers, spacetime, symmetry, temporality The nature-philosophers of Greece, explanations about observable events by some of the speculating about unobservable processes world’s first scientists, proposed
Suggested Reference Reed, P. G. (2016). Spacetime symmetry: Rogerian encounters with Einstein. Visions: The Journal of Rogerian Nursing Science, 22(1), Manuscript 3, 25-34. Retrieved from Spacetime Symmetry: Rogerian Encounters with Einstein We achieve a life worth living by understanding how the cosmos achieved an existence worth existing.1 Pamela G. Reed, RN, MSN, MA, PhD, FAAN Professor The University of Arizona College of Nursing, Community and Systems Heath Sciences Division 1305 N. Martin/PO Box 210203 Tucson, Arizona 85721-0203 Email: preed@email.arizona.edu Phone 520-626-4131 ABSTRACT This paper is a celebration of Martha Rogers’ conceptual ideas, specifically her translation of Einstein’s theories of the cosmos into theoretical principles and perspectives for nursing. The paper presents an overview of Einstein’s theories of relativity, with a focus on spacetime symmetry and its parallels to Roger’s theoretical principles. The broken symmetry of temporality is explored in reference to ontological questions in nursing. Epistemic implications of Einstein’s special relativity and the speed of light are addressed. The paper concludes with a theme of translating metaphysical concepts into empirical inquiry for nursing. Key Words: Einstein, Rogers, spacetime, symmetry, temporality The nature-philosophers of Greece, some of the world’s first scientists, proposed explanations about observable events by speculating about unobservable processes