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I have a question about Planck length as the length of a string in String Theory. I understand that a string can be wound in a spiral and, apparently, the Cylinder thus formed will have a circumference of Planck length. At the same time, of course, we've two-dimensionally created a Circle with...

I have concocted a rather simple description that (surprising to me, at least) describes two wholly unconnected (I think), yet very topical, and novel quantum models. I know the level of expertise here is such that the two answers will come quickly, but it's a little more fun to throw this open...

Very interesting response. Again, I stand corrected on may of the points you make. I'm not a mathematician or a physicist, so I know my limits. I would just suggest by your last comment that mathematics is different in kind than physics ---one doesn't seamlessly blend into the other ----like...

Very interesting response. Again, I stand corrected on may of the points you make. I'm not a mathematician or a physicist, so I know my limits. I would just suggest by your last comment that mathematics is different in kind than physics ---one doesn't seamlessly blend into the other ----like...

My prior response was only with regards to Sheaf. With regards to Petergreat's conclusion ("...we have been dealing with extended objects for a long time"), I can only say that isn't it both likely and logical that the ultimate descriptor of essence (given that physics has always, as you say...

The argument I made may have other flaws, but I never said I did not "like" the idea of dimensionless points. I gave my reasons for why I think it makes perfect sense to use dimensionless points as mathematical constructs that can represent anything from scampering beetles to jet planes. Yet...

I am an evolutionary psychologist (Darwinist), yet have always loved the elegance of physics (though most of it is beyond my comprehension). I would like to "bounce off" all you geniuses out there my simple, and somewhat novel explication of what, I believe, Superstring theory represents...

I will offer a simpler, and somewhat philosophical explication of what, I believe, Superstring theory represents. It also causes me to be convinced that the basic idea of the theory pretty much has to be right! At base, I think it represents the resolution of a confusion about the...

Truly fascinating all the musical connections between string theory and M theory. Brian Green has opined that one can reasonably assert that the universe is music. So I then imagined him running through the Kalahari proclaiming excitedly "The Universe is Music! The Universe is Music!"; to...

This site might be interesting ---a really good BBC program (captured on YouTube) on the "ekpyrotic universe" model: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=18EC48C836ADA26D&search_query=BBCWorldwide+parallel&rclk=pti Hope you enjoy it. I did. Thanks again.

When I spoke of "brane collision" as creating the Big Bang, I am referring to the new Cyclic Model of the Big Bang that, I assumed, naturally came out of M Theory (called "the ekpyrotic universe" by its creators, Paul Steinhardt and Neil Turok). This has been widely reported in SciAm and even...

Thank you, Arivero, for giving me the simple answer first. Gracious of you to refer to my “peculiar nomenclature” when I’m just trying to, however vaguely, understand how the time dimension and the 11th dimension are the two most mysterious of all. Your clear answer now prompted 3 brief...

Hello, Sorry to intrude on the ongoing discussion. Not being a physicist, I have a, hopefully, simple question with regards to the 11 dimensions of M Theory. To preface, I understand that there are various spatial dimensions representing corresponding perpendiculars (not observable beyond...

Hmm--"crachpottery". Things are so busy now I haven't had time to read the Schiller article---but, now that you say this, Schiller's model certainly doesn't sound like something based on Superstring Theory, does it? I mean, superstrings are Planck length ---so there couldn't be one long...

Thank you so very much for informing me about Shiller's model. Wow! To think someone took this pipedream (literally!) of mine seriously makes me, a mere layman, feel pretty good. I'll check out the the site and do my best to puzzle out what he's saying.