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Quantum Mechanics: Myths and Facts

XMLicious — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:21:29 -0800

Quantum Mechanics: Myths and Facts (pdf), a recently-updated paper on the Cornell arXiv peer-review site. By Hrvoje Nikolić of the Rudjer Bošković Institute in Croatia. Note: the presence of a paper on arXiv does not necessarily mean it has been reviewed and is not equivalent to having been published in a journal.

Imagining the Tenth Dimension

Jimbob — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 05:38:15 -0800

Imagining the Tenth Dimension (Flash). 10th dimensional physics and string theory don't get any easier than this.

handprint: watercolors & watercolor painting

ijoshua — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:14:40 -0800

i began cataloging the colors, and put the color list on the web. over time, the paint catalog turned into a web site.

maybe the Sarumpaet Rules will be worked out afterall

kliuless — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 07:25:12 -0800

Before the Big Bang - way, way out of my depth, but I thought this comment was intriguing: "The paper as published, along with a longer follow up paper, looks to my untrained eye a nearly complete quantum gravitation theory, which is an exciting prospect in itself. However, as with all physical theories, we will await for experimental support before popping the cork." Here's some more on loop quantum gravity, spin networks, the big bang and ekpyrosis.

strung theory

raaka — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 02:19:18 -0800

"A theory that can't predict anything is not a scientific theory," Woit says. That would be string theory, which was going to be the theory of everything, but apparently can't even agree how many dimensions there are. "Those who dabble in alternate-universe speculations might be just modern versions of '16th century theologians (who) speculated that spirits and angels emerge from the extra-dimensional universe,' says Krauss, who is also an outspoken foe of creationist teaching in schools."

(S/W)AP

kliuless — Sat, 04 Sep 2004 12:13:51 -0800

Smolin vs. Susskind on the anthropic principle. For those keeping score: Stephen Hawking is for it. Brian Greene is not.