So on Saturday I went to a lecture on superstring theory given by Brian Greene at the Museum of Science. He is hosting a NOVA series on the subject starting tomorrow night. Admittedly, my technical appreciation of the finer points of theoretical physics and advanced mathematics is extremely limited but despite that I found all of this fascinating, and it makes sense to me. Thoughts anyone?
Posted by Katy at October 27, 2003 10:19 AMWhoah, we could really start a nerdy conversation here, so I'll keep it short... I have his book, and I must say this shit is hard to understand. I can get through the relativity stuff all right, but 11 spatial dimensions? Vibrating strings controlling matter? Weird. I don't think I understand enough to really talk about it. But thanks for the heads up Katy, I'd been meaning to watch the special...
Posted by: Rick at October 27, 2003 10:34 AMYeah, I knew I'd never make it through the book so I didn't buy it but the guy was great at bringing it to a level that most people could understand. Somehow the strings make sense to me. Of course, I had the benefit of some neat animation to help me. I got a free DVD that has a trailer for the NOVA series on it. Any way I can load that onto this site?
Posted by: Katy at October 27, 2003 10:58 AMI don't have enough space on the site for large movie files (and it's not really worth the effort, so don't worry about it). There is a funny little flash animation already available online though.
Posted by: Rick at October 27, 2003 11:19 AMCan I get super string for a quarter from the machines by the check-out in the grocery store?
Posted by: John at October 27, 2003 12:13 PM