The mysterious and profound ’string theory’ is artfully revealed in this 3 part series from PBS.
If you’re like me, you’ve probably heard of ’string theory’ before. It’s basically the idea that everything (me, you, the universe) is made of tiny strings of vibrating energy. Physicists have dubbed these energy strands “strings.”
But what does that actually mean? And why has it caused a huge uproar in the scientific community?
To answer that question, and share it with the laymen, PBS/Nova produced an excellent series explaining string theory and the wild implications. I found all 3 parts online in their entirety…enjoy!
Part I – Einstein’s Dream
Part II – String’s The Thing
Part III – Welcome To The 11th Dimension
To learn more about the program and string theory, visit Nova’s website The Elegant Universe.
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Sounds intriguing…care to add some explanation? links?
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I read the ‘Elegant Universe’ years back, which is a good book for people with and without science backgrounds. You’ll be fascinated by the universe going on all around us.
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I would love to download these videos so that I can put them on my PSP for my flight to West Virginia tomorrow, but can’t quite figure out how to save them to my hard drive. Help?
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If you click the “google video” button on the bottom right corner of the video, then click the “go to google video” link it will take you to the video page. then find the link for “download”
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Rhe universe is expanding. Like a guitar string, if you tighten it, the tone changes, and anything with the same tone will ring. Could the same be said of the universe? Forget how long it takes to get there, but right now on the other side of the galaxy, the quantum signature of the universe rings the same RIGHT NOW as it does here. Therefore, by vibrating all the strings in the atoms of your body, on the signature of yesterday, then wouldn’t you appear where that signature originates, yesterday? As you would ring the same as the universe did at that time.
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