Superstrings - Boundaries of the Knowable (10/10)
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- Professor Russell Stannard debates the popular theory that constituents of matter are not point-like, but consist of superstrings
(Part 10 of 10)
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A brilliant series. Thanks for making it available on CZcams.
How I wish there are more episodes to the series. I can tell he has much more to offer. Such a good lecturer
I really love his approachable explanations to a topic I've found elusive to begin understanding
As a an undergrad Biologist with a fascination for physics but without the metal capacity for those pests called 'numbers', thanks for these. Im going to watch them again im sure of it.
Beautiful series! It's a delight to listen to Prof. Russell Stannard ;-)
thank you for these i found them very relaxing and informative, i hope to see more
Wonderful series!!! thank you for posting
Just watched all 10 episodes. I enjoyed them. It was a good refresher
This old man rules !
@feliztex
I appologize if my first response was seen as an insult. You have got an innovative view of mechanics, thumbs up! I hope your article will be well received.
An absolutely amazing explanation. Michael Faraday would be proud.
@feliztex: to describe the behaviour of the system relative to some reference point. But in my opinion these are not aditional dimensions because you could describe this motion in a normal coordinate system (x,y,z,PX,PY,PZ) it just a matter of convenience to use GC. I am not saying that my view is the correct one or that my advice is "valuable", so please explain more about your views and yes I am an undergraduate student of astrophysics so I had studied alot of analytical mechanics.
Who wouldn't love physics learning from professor like that.
Those are normally tough markers though!
(...cont) it furthers research into other models in physics, and advances the development of some areas of pure mathematics.
Awesome series! I was nailed to the monitor :)
Its actually really sad to think that science will come to an end without answering all the qsts we had
@feliztex
I think not. Why would distance (euclidean) be a dimension? Does it tell where a point is in space? -> No, so it is not a dimension. Your r can be a dimension in a spherical coordinate system where the coordinates are r, fi and theta. If you are interested in the subject I sugest you start studying a branch of mathematics called linear algebra.
Problem with string theory; give me experimental parameters that, if met, would disprove the hypothesis.
Something... falsifiable.
what if they are point traveling in lines like we do always when we go to our jobs or the school? or the planets or galaxy spinning every one in his own string? its more complex than 9 dimesions or just strings and dots....
That simply isn't true. The recent results were in contrast to predictions of the formerly most likely models of supersymmetry, but that is all. There are still many other models, and the scientific method is about adjusting your model upon receiving new experimental data, in order to make predictions about the results of future experiments. Superstring theory isn't a waste of time, not just because it hasn't been disproved (or rather, supersymmetry hasn't been disproved), but because (cont...)
I'm skeptical of the String Cheese Theory
You should read Aristotle my friend.... These "theories" are not new... You'd be surprised of the plagiarism, regurgitation and refinement. Come, give it a try... Read carefully.
What are those static noises in the background?
And when we have discovered everything that is possible for us to discover and understand what will our quest in life be then? :S A boring thought to me, makes me depressive :(
doughnuts are my universe! :)
"That's why I took up physics - it's much simpler" - all physicist excuse themselves that way.
hahaha doughnuts!!haha, mmmm this man knows wassup!!
We just have to be smart enough to know where the boundary of understanding is in our brains and how to improve that capacity. Research into genetics and the structure of our brains will allow us to eventually become all-knowing.
Ooh! I so wanted you to eat that dohnut! : D
Don't give up on Science
@feliztex : Could you explain your views more clearly and without personal insults? I would appreciate that. Ok so your r is a generalized coordinate. Why would generalized coordinates constitu additional dimensions?In my view GC are only simplifications which take advantage sometimes of constraints to enable us to simplify a particular mechanical problem. In Hamiltonian mechanics there is defined a phase space which has 6 dimensions (x,y,z,Px,Py,Pz), again you could take any number GC....
nice ending hahaa
who tuned your guitar? you seem to be in d#
+BlackDog Aura I hear it in E. You must be travelling close to the speed of light
Now I want to eat a doughnut.