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Full Idea
The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle says that the uncertainty in the measured energy of a system is inversely proportional to the length of time over which you observe it. (This allow near infinite energy over very short times).
Gist of Idea
Uncertainty says that energy can be very high over very short time periods
Source
Lawrence M. Krauss (A Universe from Nothing [2012], 04)
Book Ref
Krauss,Lawrence M.: 'A Universe from Nothing' [Simon and Schuster 2012], p.71
A Reaction
Apparently this brief energy is 'borrowed', and must be quickly repaid.
| 21105 | In 1676 it was discovered that water is teeming with life [Krauss] |
| 21104 | General Relativity: the density of energy and matter determines curvature and gravity [Krauss] |
| 21107 | Uncertainty says that energy can be very high over very short time periods [Krauss] |
| 21106 | Most of the mass of a proton is the energy in virtual particles (rather than the quarks) [Krauss] |
| 21108 | The universe is precisely 13.72 billion years old [Krauss] |
| 21109 | Space itself can expand (and separate its contents) at faster than light speeds [Krauss] |
| 21110 | An understanding of the most basic physics should explain all of the subject's mysteries [Krauss] |
| 21111 | It seems likely that cosmic inflation is eternal, and this would make a multiverse inevitable [Krauss] |
| 21112 | Empty space contains a continual flux of brief virtual particles [Krauss] |