Brian Greene - King of The Rubber Sheeters. Yes, I've got Elegant Universe. Easy read, horrible analogies. Writes Greene halfway through the book: "But don't let the name fool you: Unlike an ordinary piece of string, which is itself composed of molecules and atoms, the strings of string theory...
I've watched a few documentaries about string theory, read about it, heard people talk about it. But I cannot visually grasp what the heck strings look like.
Physicists (maybe not all of them but the ones I only hear) like to say stuff like that if you pluck a guitar string you get a certain...
I think my original post is convoluted, sorry. My ultimate question is what maximum gravity does to light, if that light has been slowed down before it gets there. But I wanted to make sure I know what the heck is going on with a black hole in the first place, so that's why I had those 4...
Physics mega-novice (i.e. moron) here, so I'm probably not thinking correctly about these things. Just curious which item below is close to what's generally understood about light and black holes. Maybe none are nowhere near being close, I would not be surprised.
Concept #1
A gravitational...