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Garrett Lisi article in New Yorker, July 21, 2008 issue
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Send message Joined: 20 Dec 07 Posts: 69 Credit: 599,151 RAC: 0 |
Benjamin Wallace-Wells has had an article published in the July 21, 2008 issue of The New Yorker about Garrett Lisi, a theoretical physicist, who will join the efforts at LHC. Lisi goes up against string theorists with his Theory of Everything which in no way can I describe, but which may be a major lurch forward in the search for a unified theory. There is as of yet no link for the article. There is a link to his major first paper, http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/0711/0711.0770v1.pdf Which is pretty incomprehensible for anyone but a trained physicist. My aim in bring this to the LHC@home community is to make those who can comprehend this material aware of the New Yorker article. >>RSM Please check out my blog http://sciencesprings.wordpress.com http://facebook.com/sciencesprings |
Send message Joined: 2 Sep 04 Posts: 378 Credit: 10,765 RAC: 0 |
I skipped to the summary at the end. A lot of the 'Theories of everything' tend to just cram the existing equations together with the focus on making the math fit. If the LHC does end up finding the higgs particle. The real fun will be in when they do experiments to see how that shiny new thing interacts with everything else. I'm not the LHC Alex. Just a number cruncher like everyone else here. |
Send message Joined: 30 Dec 05 Posts: 57 Credit: 835,284 RAC: 0 |
Even if I understand only a small part of it this theory smells like truth for its incredible elegance and simplicity. I have never read such a convincing step. The idea to express Einsteins General Relativity fields in spinor representation is revolutionary and also that this finds place in a beasic representation of E8. It seems to be much more understandable than any string complications. Remember how revolutionary Einstein was to combine Maxwells 10 equations of elecrtodynamics in just 2 equations. This impressed me very much during my studies of theoretical physics. |
Send message Joined: 2 Sep 04 Posts: 378 Credit: 10,765 RAC: 0 |
All the geometric shapes in that theory reminded me of Plato determining that there must be a fifth element, quntessence. (earth air fire water.. quintessence) http://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath096.htm Math is just applied philosphy, .. http://www.xkcd.com/435/ I'm not the LHC Alex. Just a number cruncher like everyone else here. |
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