Making sense of string theory | Brian Greene

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  • čas přidán 22. 04. 2008
  • www.ted.com In clear, nontechnical language, string theorist Brian Greene explains how our understanding of the universe has evolved from Einstein's notions of gravity and space-time to superstring theory, where minuscule strands of energy vibrating in 11 dimensions create every particle and force in the universe. (This mind-bending theory may soon be put to the test at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva).
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  • @giuseppe3010
    @giuseppe3010 Před 5 lety +84

    The signature of a good teacher is his/her ability to explain very well what he is teaching. Brian Greene has that signature!

    • @frankdimeglio8216
      @frankdimeglio8216 Před 2 lety

      Einstein was a known weasel. Greene is knowingly and deceitfully lying about physics. WHY E=MC2 IS NECESSARILY F=MA (ON BALANCE), AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is gravity AS SPACE ON BALANCE:
      TIME DILATION ULTIMATELY proves ON BALANCE that E=MC2 IS F=ma, as ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is gravity. The stars AND PLANETS are POINTS in the night sky. TIME is NECESSARILY possible/potential AND actual IN BALANCE, AS E=mc2 IS F=ma; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is gravity. Hence, the Earth AND the Sun are CLEARLY E=MC2 AND F=ma IN BALANCE. (The sky is blue, AND the Earth is ALSO BLUE.) A PHOTON may be placed at the center of WHAT IS THE SUN (as A POINT, of course), AS the reduction of SPACE is offset by (or BALANCED with) the speed of light (c); AS E=MC2 IS F=MA !!!; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. Gravity IS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy. BALANCE and completeness go hand in hand. It ALL CLEARLY makes perfect sense. GRAVITATIONAL force/ENERGY IS proportional to (or BALANCED with/as) inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE, AS E=MC2 IS F=ma; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. ("Mass"/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is gravity !!!) Gravity/acceleration involves BALANCED inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE, AS E=mC2 IS F=ma IN BALANCE !!!; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is gravity. (Energy has/involves GRAVITY, AND ENERGY has/involves inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE.) E=mC2 IS F=ma. This NECESSARILY represents, INVOLVES, AND DESCRIBES what is possible/potential AND actual IN BALANCE, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is gravity. Gravity IS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy. Great !!! Again, BALANCE AND completeness go hand in hand. It ALL CLEARLY makes perfect sense.
      By Frank DiMeglio

  • @JG-lt5mb
    @JG-lt5mb Před 7 lety +1339

    I have a lot of respect for this guy. His ability to explain things in a way that allows you to really understand and not seem so abstract is a sign of true intelligence I think.. his books are even better

  • @michaelogden5958
    @michaelogden5958 Před 4 lety +47

    I think Brian's ability to communicate such concepts is awesome.

  • @guydreamr
    @guydreamr Před 4 lety +57

    Great speaker and his book "The Elegant Universe" is legendary.

  • @MarcelaKPreininger
    @MarcelaKPreininger Před 8 lety +498

    This man communicates complex concepts with remarkable clarity!

    • @carnellereynolds2473
      @carnellereynolds2473 Před 8 lety +8

      Marcela K. Preininger It's funny, I was thinking the same thing. He must've memorized his speech and practiced several times. I also noticed that he told a few jokes that the audience didn't get. After a while he started having to explain his jokes. I guess they were too intrigued by his demonstration.

    • @allenev.8765
      @allenev.8765 Před 8 lety +2

      +Carnelle Reynolds absolutely - they have only 17 minutes for the talk. its the elevator pitch for string theory. mr. greene, i'm sure, has given this talk many times. it may be a subset of the 'elegant universe' material that brian did for nova.

    • @grim789
      @grim789 Před 8 lety +16

      +Marcela K. Preininger Made me think of this quote Albert Einstein - 'If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.'

    • @stevecreighton3352
      @stevecreighton3352 Před 8 lety +1

      +Marcela K. Preininger Brian Greene has written several books on string theory and his exceptional talent as a communicator brings string theory to everyone.....although an understanding of a little quantum theory and General relativity help!
      The LHC is just about to wind up to full power of about 14 TeV ( Terra electron volts ) and at these energies we may see some of it disappear into the hidden dimensions.

    • @shafiqifs
      @shafiqifs Před 8 lety +1

      Brain Greene is actually misleading people. He was time & again asked to read the link www.linkedin.com/pulse/adopted-paradigm-physics-incorrect-shafiq-khan?trk=pulse_spock-articles before he talks about physics in any forum.
      Einstein was the greatest scientific trickster ever. Theories of relativity lead to Big Bang Theory whereas under Big Bang paradigm there is absolutely no possibility of existence of God for following reasons.
      1. Philosophically for existence; it has to be some substance (visible, invisible, perceivable or not perceivable) and this applies to God also. Substances occupy space but there is absolutely no space for God to exist at the time of Big Bang & before.
      2. Four things come out of Big Bang namely space, time, matter & light/radiation. We cannot look for eternal God in space & time as both had the beginning; secondly humans are in a position to produce all types of light/radiation and something which humans can produce could not be the God and since matter is made up of electrons, protons & neutrons these too could not be the God.
      However Big Bang Theory including Cosmic Inflation has been mathematically, theoretically & experimentally proved as baseless in the published paper "Experimental & Theoretical Evidences of Fallacy of Space-time Concept and Actual State of Existence of the Physical Universe" which is available at the journal site at indjst.org/index.php/indjst/issue/view/2885.

  • @mickeypopa
    @mickeypopa Před 4 lety +113

    Fast forward 15 years and still nothing, jury is still out.

  • @translucentorb
    @translucentorb Před 4 lety +37

    Sometimes when I start to think I'm really smart I like to watch stuff like this to keep my ego grounded.

  • @jozseforgovan8621
    @jozseforgovan8621 Před 4 lety +2

    Brian Greene is my favorite, love to listen him, and he always demonstrate thing visually.Easy to learn from him. Very educational.

  • @superstringcheese
    @superstringcheese Před 7 lety +85

    He's such a good writer; I had no idea he was also such a good speaker. Best of luck to those guys. Whether you think string theory is a valid enterprise or not, someone has to prove it either way, which is what they're doing. If they're right... what a discovery. If they're wrong... what a discovery.

    • @EdmundEquilibruimmentaiko
      @EdmundEquilibruimmentaiko Před 7 lety +1

      superstringcheese I

    • @nealW2904
      @nealW2904 Před 4 lety +3

      A bit like proving god does or doesn’t exist do you think

    • @nickw9376
      @nickw9376 Před 4 lety +2

      There is a principle of science that it is impossible to prove that something does not exist. Even finding an alternative theory, and being to prove it, does not prove the non-existence, or total error of the previous theory.

    • @nickw9376
      @nickw9376 Před 4 lety +4

      @@nealW2904 To me, a lot of this stuff is like searching for a god. It has the same sort of endlessness to it....and the same problem that you can't prove the lack of something.

    • @rajmohan3840
      @rajmohan3840 Před 3 lety +1

      555

  • @sharinglanguage
    @sharinglanguage Před 4 lety +57

    This is a fantastic summary of his book: "The elegant universe"

    • @frankdimeglio8216
      @frankdimeglio8216 Před 2 lety

      Greene 💰 is knowingly and deceitfully lying about physics.

  • @joedoe783
    @joedoe783 Před rokem +2

    I've watched many videos on string theory but this is the first time I think I've grasped it. This guy is an excellent communicator.

  • @fortuner123
    @fortuner123 Před 4 lety +3

    Excellent. Very easy to understand with his perfect delivery.

  • @AlpNewYork
    @AlpNewYork Před 8 lety +302

    I can only show two dimensions on the screen but some of you guys will fix that some day :)

    • @henrikkoberstein
      @henrikkoberstein Před 4 lety +3

      Hehe, in some sense, Brian Greene is the Steve Jobs of physics. :D

    • @willwinn8559
      @willwinn8559 Před 4 lety

      Best comment of the day 😎🏆👍

    • @gbachich
      @gbachich Před 4 lety +1

      holograms?

    • @carrerasrivera
      @carrerasrivera Před 4 lety

      czcams.com/video/-EA2FQXs4dw/video.html
      You are welcome 2019yr

  • @Lo2y
    @Lo2y Před 4 lety +13

    The best explanation of string theory ever ❤️

  • @riicomust
    @riicomust Před 7 lety

    I really have no words.. this is amazing ! I'm really looking forward for the results

  • @whoisray1680
    @whoisray1680 Před 4 lety

    I can keep listening to him forever without getting tired of it and still understand all of it

  • @norahnoman8661
    @norahnoman8661 Před 8 lety +5

    Brian Greene is really an amazing teacher

  • @AkbarRazaSyed
    @AkbarRazaSyed Před 8 lety +145

    I Didn't Know I'd End Up Watching Full Video... Amazing explanation

  • @goerizal1
    @goerizal1 Před 5 lety +1

    amazing presentation, so helpful to non-physicists like me trying to understand - up to a point- how this world functions beyond the obvious. thanks.

  • @JeremySchwartz2027
    @JeremySchwartz2027 Před 4 lety

    Love this channel, amazing ability of people who can explain complex simply!

  • @faithhope4480
    @faithhope4480 Před 4 lety +3

    Thank you for sharing this awesome info. Not an area of my interest originally, BUT I've felt that there are more dimensions than we initially see, and so it is most satisfying to get this information clarified it actually makes it easier even on a spiritual level. Thank you very much.

    • @pereraddison932
      @pereraddison932 Před 4 lety

      ... yrs ...
      GOD BLESS EVERYONE BLESS EVERYTHING ALWAYS AMEN*XOX*the ROCK OF PHAGES ...

  • @johnfullwood1095
    @johnfullwood1095 Před 4 lety +3

    Pure Brilliance Dr Green!!!, perfect 👌

  • @Boogieplex
    @Boogieplex Před 4 lety +1

    Brian Greene is the total package.
    He’s a brilliant mathmatician,theorist,physicist,cosmologist,scientist all with the ability to explain things that would be otherwise impossible to understand. I remember watching “the elegant universe “ as a kid and being blown away.

  • @fawnwoods6123
    @fawnwoods6123 Před 5 lety

    I'm grateful for his talks, because his books are over my head.

  • @lisanicholls9026
    @lisanicholls9026 Před 6 lety +4

    Thank you , great video.😊

  • @shubhamrodage9070
    @shubhamrodage9070 Před 6 lety +4

    Now it's 10 years after his explanation ! Is any proofs we got from the HLC machine?
    And what happens if we apply gravitational waves into string theory?

  • @ZaChYmO
    @ZaChYmO Před 6 lety +1

    Still after almost 2 decades, the best string theory Beautifully explained by Dr. Brian Greene

  • @hindkhatib8692
    @hindkhatib8692 Před 6 lety

    Many thanks for you Mr.Brian Greene . It is the best lecture ever made by a scientist about extra dimensions and String Theory in this century , very compelling comprehensive an clear Thank you

  • @gpramvr
    @gpramvr Před 8 lety +5

    Every word is of importance. Great speech.

  • @frankhoffman3566
    @frankhoffman3566 Před 4 lety +3

    11 years on from this video, and the Large Hadron Collider has been in use for years. As yet, I'm seeing good results (the Higgs boson), but I'm not seeing any major announcements about other dimensions or about string theory. I appreciate this guy's ability to teach with clarity, but I don't see us closer to a theory of everything.
    I get the impression that the right theory is simple, right in front of us, and when we finally see it, we will say "of course".

    • @jaapongeveer6203
      @jaapongeveer6203 Před 4 lety

      You may know they are proposing a more massive collider in the order of 100 kms around so that higher energies can be produced to make more energetic collisions. If built it could possibly provide the evidence. Question is will 100 kms do it or 1,000 ...

  • @matthewzarate9116
    @matthewzarate9116 Před 7 lety

    Dr. Greene at my college regarding String Theory & gravitational waves, phenomenal lecturer

  • @nikhilpghag
    @nikhilpghag Před 4 lety +1

    Amazing articulation. Great man.

  • @herwighuener3256
    @herwighuener3256 Před 5 lety +3

    Apart from the physics - your English is exceptional good. I would like to see your video-clips used in school in my (Germany) country.

    • @1BeGe
      @1BeGe Před 4 lety +1

      Well...English is his first/main language. It would be rather disconcerting if he didn't speak it well.

    • @captain6876
      @captain6876 Před 3 lety

      @@1BeGe I find his precise elaborations very comprehensive.

  • @SeasonOfWhatNow
    @SeasonOfWhatNow Před 8 lety +5

    I've used DMT several times and I'm almost positive what I experienced under its effects were these extra dimensions. In fact the visual aspects were very similar to what he showed in this video, particularly how the dimensions effect the strings. Cool stuff.

    • @hOREP245
      @hOREP245 Před rokem +1

      dmt users lmao

    • @rivas97
      @rivas97 Před rokem

      Nice to hear, but don't touch this Stuff anymore please, Ok?! 😂😂😂

  • @DanDreese
    @DanDreese Před 7 lety

    This was an amazing well-presented talk.

  • @user-so3uk9os4k
    @user-so3uk9os4k Před 4 lety

    his explaination is so crystal clear.....

  • @Joesotherself
    @Joesotherself Před 10 lety +355

    begins by talking about the year 1907
    length of video- 19:07

    • @WalterWWelle
      @WalterWWelle Před 7 lety +47

      Joseph Sewell illuminati confirmed. Well done sir...

    • @Noth3ng
      @Noth3ng Před 7 lety +27

      Joseph Sewell - though it's not as impressive as the fact that it took almost 3 years before one of those "illuminati confirmed" messages appeared in this thread.

    • @AlienPsyTing1
      @AlienPsyTing1 Před 6 lety +1

      spooky

    • @miloudabouichou
      @miloudabouichou Před 6 lety +4

      illuminati confirmed

    • @jimscobie6646
      @jimscobie6646 Před 6 lety +1

      Too coincidental!

  • @neilAneerGAmAI
    @neilAneerGAmAI Před 6 lety +7

    Super cool guy. Saw him live yesterday at the Starmus festival. Also looks just the same, maybe he is time traveler.

    • @neilAneerGAmAI
      @neilAneerGAmAI Před 6 lety

      He also used the same animations to show how gravity warp space-time.

    • @captain6876
      @captain6876 Před 3 lety +2

      I also saw him yesterday at brazzers

    • @neilAneerGAmAI
      @neilAneerGAmAI Před 3 lety

      @@captain6876 I am sure you did!

  • @pacandpal3
    @pacandpal3 Před 5 lety +1

    Its going to be a breakthrough when we prove the existence of other dimensions with particle collision and converge the ideas and theories of every scientific genius. To know we are one collision away just makes it that more exciting . We found the higgs boson particle now onward to the graviton !! Love this TED talk btw !! Very smart man.

  • @jozseforgovan8621
    @jozseforgovan8621 Před 3 lety

    Love to listen you, Extremely wonderful the way you explain things.Best teacher I have ever listen to.Love the visualization to understand what you are talking about can be fallowed easily.

  • @OlemVolle
    @OlemVolle Před 8 lety +8

    Showing graphics of something that exists in 10+1 dimensions, and talking about finding out "what these things look like", does that even make sense? From the animations it looks like these 11 dimensions are just things existing in three dimensions but on a really small scale. If they operate in all 11 dimensions I guess they could be "seen" in our three dimensions of space too, but. Can these strings really be visualised? Does it even matter what they look like? I'm confused.

  • @Dyslexic-Artist-Theory-on-Time

    This is an invitation to see an artist theory of the physics of ‘time’ as a physical process. In this theory the extra dimensions of String Theory and parallel universes of Hugh Everett Many worlds interpretation are just future possibilities and opportunities in our one three dimensional Universe of continuous energy exchange or what I like to call continuous creation!

  • @EmilCohenblackrose
    @EmilCohenblackrose Před 5 lety

    Wao! All the learning years... I was never ready for that! Excellent delivery ! Thanks!

  • @bjorndunderbeck
    @bjorndunderbeck Před 4 lety

    man I love this ted talk intro sound.

  • @rfinkels22
    @rfinkels22 Před 4 lety +95

    he says we will know in 5, 7 , 10 years if he is right from LHC experiments. As of today, ELEVEN years have elapsed.

    • @alpheusOne
      @alpheusOne Před 4 lety +16

      Richard Finkelstein in this dimension 🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

    • @jonmelon9792
      @jonmelon9792 Před 4 lety +5

      If you think about discoveries about stuff quantum is probably being made since soon after the LHC was started.
      But I wouldn't be holding my breath in expectation of detailed info about these discoveries coming out anytime soon;
      I just t couldn't be risked that, for example,a rogue group could, possibly, potentially, however remotely, acquire enough knowledge to, for instance, unleash a maybe a tiny black hole that could destroy life as we know it,.

    • @MiamiUFO
      @MiamiUFO Před 4 lety +10

      Brian Greene is one of the merchants of hype bordering in dishonesty and milking the cow of social gullibility with fairytale physics with zero testable predictions and far detached from Reality.

    • @Garrstar
      @Garrstar Před 4 lety

      @@MiamiUFO Who else would you qualify in this group?

    • @MiamiUFO
      @MiamiUFO Před 4 lety +4

      Almost all promoters of String Theory as a "scientific theory", the people talking about "post empirical science"(very convenient when their ideas are not supported by empirical data), etc; these people are not hard to spot; their signature is hype. Some people call this fairytale Physics. It

  • @norbitcleaverhook5040
    @norbitcleaverhook5040 Před 9 lety +39

    How'd the experiment go?

    • @ryzimski5749
      @ryzimski5749 Před 9 lety +9

      Norbit CleaverHook They did one, if space could tear, an einsteinian law if I am not mistaken, says that space can be warped, but not torn, they relatively recently did a calculation in which the first few times they mucked up the solved it correctly, the answer inferred that space could be torn if of course string theory was right.

    • @scottdylanwoolf
      @scottdylanwoolf Před 8 lety +31

      +FrankCoffman lol you are nowhere near educated enough to make that kind of assumption but everyone has the right to their own opinion no matter how bad.

    • @DarkenRaul1
      @DarkenRaul1 Před 8 lety +15

      FrankCoffman This article you posted is from 2007. The scientists at CERN have discovered the Higgs Boson last year. This proves that the mathematical theories of String Theory are accurate as their experimentation meet their projected calculations.
      We have the Standard Model of Fundamental Particles because of String Theory, and as time goes on, we are finding more and more particles that we are expecting to find from this theory. If this theory is wrong, then why are we keep finding good results and able to make practical use from it under the assumption it is correct? Now I will admit that my level of understanding of physics isn't high enough yet to fully understand String Theory (still an undergraduate in college), but from my understanding, this is new stuff that the scientific community is just starting to accept as fact in an age where all physics textbooks are wrong, as Michio Kaku points out, because they all say "The Universe is mainly made out of atoms," when we know that about 96 percent of it is Dark Matter and Dark Energy.

    • @benjaminmoldrup6286
      @benjaminmoldrup6286 Před 8 lety +7

      +FrankCoffman Let's presume you are right. If string theory is wrong, which science always will stay open to, it will not really do any harm to have tested it. It's not like creationism which is plain stupid because it's based on an old unscientific book, this is resting on and derived from the body of science. I mean, it must be the best current explanation since a lot of very smart people, who understand stuff that you and i don't, dedicate their time and carrier to it. Even if not all physicists agree with it, it is still unwise to dismiss it before giving it a fair trial. AND if it turns out to be wrong, some smart people would have spent their time, thinking about a major theory for some time for a scientific reason, and i don't really see how that is a problem. If you have any VALID argument for ridiculing the super-string-theory, bring them on. I don't think you have.

    • @benjaminmoldrup6286
      @benjaminmoldrup6286 Před 8 lety

      I agree, noone should present something unproved as a fact. :) I hope the research will teach us something, and i'm 99% confident they will eventually find a solution to the problems from which the string-theory arose. But you seem like you have been following the development on this issue a little, do you know where to view some of the test results?

  • @_bxrryYT
    @_bxrryYT Před 4 lety +1

    The world needs people like him

  • @JoseGarcia-dw9tt
    @JoseGarcia-dw9tt Před 4 lety

    What we must always remember is that when we find the answer to the meaningful we realize how little later we know. What makes times so special as to be one and absolute? There’s always more, let’s all work together in unity and love

  • @mervynsookun5995
    @mervynsookun5995 Před 4 lety +3

    The Demosthenes of 21st Century physics..what a powerful communicator

  • @thinhthai1172
    @thinhthai1172 Před 7 lety +4

    17:00- Law of Conservation of Energy?

    • @alexschopbarteld922
      @alexschopbarteld922 Před 7 lety +1

      thinh thai Do you mean that there will be loss of energy? if i understand correclty it would still exist in the other dimention?

  • @cathleenwilliamson6668

    Wow! I understood his explanations! Please post more!

  • @leleslie45
    @leleslie45 Před 4 lety +1

    He's so young! This is old but the theory still holds plus so much more.

  • @raptorekpl
    @raptorekpl Před 8 lety +260

    "Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively..."

    • @hajtom6280
      @hajtom6280 Před 7 lety +11

      Well no, just because we are built by the same means does not mean we are the same consciousness, sorry but no.

    • @cedrix57
      @cedrix57 Před 7 lety +1

      I am trying to understand this theory. Do you have a video or an article that explains this »we are built by the same»?

    • @Terra101
      @Terra101 Před 7 lety +30

      Here is Tom with the weather!

    • @GenoVeseMekanik
      @GenoVeseMekanik Před 7 lety +5

      raptorekpl bill hicks

    • @markjones6358
      @markjones6358 Před 7 lety +24

      That is exactly what Einstein was trying to say, if you crushed a whole lot of energy down and therefore slowed it's vibration, you would have a mass, like a doughnut or a couch or a pair of glasses but that mass would still retain the same amount of energy if the process could be reversed. The man on ACID got it right.

  • @projectstart6850
    @projectstart6850 Před 6 lety +3

    No extra dimensions in LHC by 2017. No supersymmetric particles, and there should be at 1-14 TeV energies.

  • @eshitarezakhan6901
    @eshitarezakhan6901 Před 5 lety

    Such a wonderful speech! the speaker looks like David Duchovny and sounds even smarter !!

  • @Sabrina96
    @Sabrina96 Před 6 lety

    He is excellent at communicating and passionate. I could listen to him for hours.

    • @pintificate
      @pintificate Před 5 lety

      And be no smarter at the end of it.

  • @Cognitoman
    @Cognitoman Před 10 lety +5

    I just had an idea. I know I am not very smart at this type stuff but maybe this explains black holes? ok so if the proton collider gets particles to crash into each other at nearly the speed light and you have less of material to begin with it will mean some of the material went into a different dimension. Just a thought but Maybe black holes are so strong they get light particles to crash into each other and instead of getting some of the matter to "push through" are dimension like the proton collider does...a black hole actually a punches a hole in our dimension? We know that some matter that goes into a black hole disappears and cant be accounting for , so does black holes prove that we have many dimensions?

  • @yogadork_namaste
    @yogadork_namaste Před 7 lety +4

    Very interesting.

  • @gurug9797
    @gurug9797 Před 4 lety

    'Precise and concise' the mark of a master of the subject

  • @kritikitti3868
    @kritikitti3868 Před 4 lety +1

    Brian Greene makes this so interesting & understandable to us ordinary folk.👽Thx Brian

  • @denisespurlock7869
    @denisespurlock7869 Před 4 lety +17

    It is the year 2019. How did this experiment go?

    • @dimator
      @dimator Před 4 lety +11

      The LHC has not revealed hidden dimensions, unfortunately. It has made lots of other discoveries, but not along string theory.

    • @davids.688
      @davids.688 Před 4 lety +10

      There's a movie about this very experiment he's describing called PARTICLE FEVER - on Netflix, I believe (at least, it was a few years ago when I watched it). To my recollection, it doesn't discover or unveil these extra dimensions, but it does chronicle the discovery/proof of the existence of the Higgs-Boson particle, the so-called (and so-feared) "God particle." For a documentary about a topic most people would find tedious and boring, it's actually a well-paced and rather suspenseful film; and like Dr. Greene, it makes an enormously complex topic very accessible to those of us for whom such topics are above our intellectual pay grade. Give it a watch - if you like this TED talk, I'd be surprised if you didn't find PARTICLE FEVER equally compelling. Cheers!

    • @someonlinevideos
      @someonlinevideos Před 4 lety +2

      David S. Thanks for recommending! I couldn’t find it on Netflix but it’s on Amazon Prime Video for free for me. Watching now.

    • @Benzknees
      @Benzknees Před 4 lety +1

      They’re stringing it along. All governed by the equation no conclusions yet = more grants = rich scientists.

    • @someonlinevideos
      @someonlinevideos Před 4 lety +2

      Benzknees love the pun. Is there any way to verify this doubt. Not to be rude but what gives you the ability to say that a fundamental theory is just being strung along for funding?

  • @eddieadams4770
    @eddieadams4770 Před 4 lety +12

    That was 2008. Now it's 2019, 11 years later. So? What's the answer? And if he is right, what about it? What're the practical implications?

    • @SaithMasu12
      @SaithMasu12 Před 4 lety +5

      They couldnt find anything in matter that relates to the String Theory so far.
      Thats the current standing.
      Usually the approach is: Physics suspect to find something and then they go and look for it.
      If they find traces of it they look further until their theory is proven.

    • @iceboorg9737
      @iceboorg9737 Před 4 lety

      It's impossible for us humans to find or understand more than 3 dimensions.

    • @kirkwolschleger4468
      @kirkwolschleger4468 Před 4 lety +1

      It was 2005...uploaded 2008

  • @kenclarke1952
    @kenclarke1952 Před 6 lety +1

    as said before a very old vid (LHC not even up and runnnig) but what a excellant, charismatic guy Brian Greene is.

  • @tomasjurado1760
    @tomasjurado1760 Před 4 lety

    Brilliant explanation, just BRILLIANT.

  • @ftheunstoppable
    @ftheunstoppable Před 7 lety +16

    8 years & still waiting for the result!!

    • @shukracharya_
      @shukracharya_ Před 6 lety

      Ahmed Yousuf results is higs bosan

    • @dbrast
      @dbrast Před 5 lety

      It's now been 13 years since the video was made. That was in 2005. It's now 2018,

    • @VestigialHead
      @VestigialHead Před 4 lety +1

      +
      Ahmed Yousuf
      It may be 50 or 100 years before you have your answer. Do not be impatient. Science is not like that.

    • @mervynsookun5995
      @mervynsookun5995 Před 4 lety

      Black hole or arsehole ?

    • @waynereinert787
      @waynereinert787 Před 4 lety

      @@VestigialHead so true! Also, what says that our perception of time is only because of 1 definition. 10 years in our earth time is only a slight fraction of time if we get to Mars, their definition has to be different and that's just using our fundamental measurement system.

  • @szaki
    @szaki Před 7 lety +127

    I'll have another drink, maybe I understand it better!

    • @alexkije
      @alexkije Před 5 lety +2

      And some popcorn!

    • @boutchie06
      @boutchie06 Před 5 lety +1

      I was thinking the same. I would like to do some LSD and listen to this vid again.

    • @drrydog
      @drrydog Před 4 lety +1

      rather a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy

    • @georgeedward602
      @georgeedward602 Před 4 lety

      Three years later, but I noticed the comment for a reason I think.
      Drop acid and you will see it clearly. Maybe only in your own head but what an experience.

    • @georgeedward602
      @georgeedward602 Před 4 lety

      @Seditia Rose Dude just noticed your reply. I am late to the party.

  • @richardgrant9590
    @richardgrant9590 Před 2 lety

    Best explanation I have ever witnessed

  • @bm8406
    @bm8406 Před 5 lety

    It takes an outstanding teacher to take such material and make it remotely understandable to a person like me. This is an outstanding teacher.

  • @thetimelords911
    @thetimelords911 Před 7 lety +7

    I think Ant-Man actually showed the Calabi-Yau Manifolds in the last "subatomic" scene

  • @AnoopToffy
    @AnoopToffy Před 8 lety +12

    vibrating strings of energy. that seems interesting, then what causes it to vibrate?
    what exactly is vibrating?

    • @donlowell
      @donlowell Před 8 lety +3

      +Anoop Toffy "what causes it to vibrate?" I am going to try to answer that. Answer: energy. Somewhere I got the concept of what happens inside a quark (2 up quarks and 1 down quark makes a proton) is the most radical lightening storm you could ever image. Also, I got the concept somewhere of what goes on in each of our cells (muscle, skin, etc.). Molecules are zipping around fast and furious. Not like the images that you see everything moving slowly along. Things in the sub-atomic level works different than our everyday experiences. That would be my pseudo-intellectual answer.

    • @donlowell
      @donlowell Před 8 lety

      GReaperEx, thanks for doing some research.
      Now, if Richard Feynman couldn't explain what energy was to any satisfaction, why are you asking joe blow on the Internet that question?

    • @donlowell
      @donlowell Před 8 lety

      GReaperEx, In 1928, Paul Dirac predicted the possibility of anti-electrons based on theoretical evidence. In 1928, would you have discounted this whole notion of anti-matter? I think you would. You wouldn't be alone. Positrons were discovered in 1932 and Dirac received the Nobel Prize in 1933. One case in a million. Most theories go in the trash can.
      So what? Are you going to fault every scientist for working on theories that you have not a clue if it's right or wrong. I still don't understand why this theory bothers you.

    • @NadaII
      @NadaII Před 8 lety +1

      +GReaperEx Modern science is to pompous to admit they are delving into what they used to call 'pseudo-science' or 'mysticism' to find answers. Nikola Tesla said,. "If you want to find the secrets of the Universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration." but what made out to be a nut. If you go through the history if scientific discovery you find that all the big names speak highly of ancient teachings, but of course this is rarely, if ever, mentioned these days. Look up the Vedas or Vedic science and see how many scientists attest to their teachings.

    • @MarcosFMolina
      @MarcosFMolina Před 8 lety

      +Anoop Toffy
      >>vibrating strings of energy
      >>what exactly is vibrating?
      Energy.
      >>what causes it to vibrate?
      Energy
      Energy is the capacity of a physical system to perform work.

  • @winscombe
    @winscombe Před 4 lety

    A decade old but brilliant and so helpful to understand what has, and has not, happened at CERN.

  • @css1323
    @css1323 Před 5 lety

    @7:34 “Some of you will fix that one day” - Loved that. We at least have VR now, holograms one day.

  • @s13silly
    @s13silly Před 7 lety +65

    So much easier to listen to Mr Greene, than actually doing the math... oh my brain hurts...

    • @WSCLATER
      @WSCLATER Před 4 lety +2

      Easy to listen to because he is talking so much bullshit. You don't really need to pay attntion to it

    • @MsMissyinMissouri
      @MsMissyinMissouri Před 4 lety +1

      @@WSCLATER Maybe you think it's bullshit from your perspective because you can't wrap your mind around it.

  • @sherlockholmeslives.1605
    @sherlockholmeslives.1605 Před 5 lety +9

    0:16 Goethe said that "Time is a dimension."

    • @EndsToAMean
      @EndsToAMean Před 4 lety +4

      He's talking about spatial dimensions

    • @reinman1987cancer
      @reinman1987cancer Před 3 lety +1

      Time is considered a dimension isnt it?

    • @sherlockholmeslives.1605
      @sherlockholmeslives.1605 Před 3 lety +1

      @@reinman1987cancer
      Einstein said that time is a dimension too, in his special theory of relativity.

  • @yeya7354
    @yeya7354 Před 6 lety +1

    Wow he's such a great speaker and explained it pretty good.

    • @pintificate
      @pintificate Před 5 lety

      Yes. For those with limited curiosity.

  • @fornlike
    @fornlike Před 4 lety

    Thank you Mr. Greene.

  • @damocles4744
    @damocles4744 Před 4 lety +4

    18:00 any new news on this theory? because this video is from 2008

  • @JerryMetal
    @JerryMetal Před 8 lety +20

    *How life began in the universe:*
    One little string wanted to be more than just another string. He wanted to be recognized by his kin. He wanted to make the most beautiful music, he wanted to play in the largest of theaters of Broadway. He wanted to be a string on a violin so he could resonate his vibrations into the world and all would know his uniqueness. So he started a club in which many other talented strings joined and together they made molecules. Many types of molecules, even biological molecules! After millenia of dilligent work and concentration they made their first self-replicating molecule: DNA.
    The rest of the story is called evolution by natural selection ^^

  • @raymaharaj3555
    @raymaharaj3555 Před 5 lety

    Excellent explanation of dimensions. Thanks

  • @arnabzanbaishya7222
    @arnabzanbaishya7222 Před 5 lety

    when i was 15 i was able to understand it 20%...but now i m glad that i can understand everything he said...sir we have to appreciate your knowledge,thanks for that speech again❤️

  • @birinikum2697
    @birinikum2697 Před 4 lety +5

    5 years!!
    Its 2019 now been like 9 years😱

    • @daviddement7312
      @daviddement7312 Před 4 lety

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    • @mustafasiddiqui8203
      @mustafasiddiqui8203 Před 4 lety

      12

  • @jellymop
    @jellymop Před 4 lety +6

    Man, Brian Greene is a Feynman level orator and explainer. I’d take him over Tyson any day

    • @onggi3388
      @onggi3388 Před 4 lety

      and now u are fucked for saying that !

  • @janicechiaretto7082
    @janicechiaretto7082 Před 4 lety +1

    I'm visual. That rendering of the warping of space causing gravity made a big difference... but the ANTS made it really happen . I love this man. I love his passion! He is very clear and enjoyable to listen to. I finally understand some of this!!

  • @Kevinrothwell1959
    @Kevinrothwell1959 Před 4 lety +1

    At last! Now I understand string theory! Very clearly explained.

  • @lucymerrett4045
    @lucymerrett4045 Před 7 lety +5

    So do the particles lose energy at CERN

    • @ShudiadWaiyantun
      @ShudiadWaiyantun Před 7 lety +6

      lu see don't mind me.. Just waiting for answer together with you..

    • @mohsenraghian210
      @mohsenraghian210 Před 4 lety

      @@ShudiadWaiyantun Jim Baggott book "Fairytale Physics"

  • @TheChurchofCacti
    @TheChurchofCacti Před 9 lety +15

    You want to know what's trippy? Everything has gravitational pull, even humans. Our pull is small because we don't have that much mass but we emit gravitational pull regardless. So right now as you sit by your computer you are effecting space fabric. Everywhere you go and everything you do you are warping the fabric of space. Everything you do from taking a breath, to scratching your balls eventually effects everything in the universe in some way or another. By typing this right now I will eventually effect everything in the universe, even a planet hundreds of million light years away that may have a person identical to me typing this very same thing. That's not to say it will be a huge change, maybe just a displacement of a molecule or a microscopic reaction, but it's a change nonetheless.

    • @hector-m-carrillo
      @hector-m-carrillo Před 8 lety

      Yes, that is gravity in a nut shell

    • @isaiahphillip4112
      @isaiahphillip4112 Před 8 lety

      Nope, you won't effect anything you don't directly touch. Unless you're in space, all other forces are superior to gravity. Not even the earth's gravity can dislodge an atom. If there was no nuclear attractions, or friction, and you stood still for a few weeks, you might notice small objects have made the smallest of movements towards you. But that is not the case, the light waves that just bounced off of you and back into outer space will have more of an effect on something than your gravity.

    • @hector-m-carrillo
      @hector-m-carrillo Před 8 lety

      Isaiah Phillip well, in theory, we never touch anything, it's just a repulsion between electrons we feel
      Regardless, what the guy is trying to say is that we apply a 1x10^-99999 N (not real number, in other words, tiny) force on every object in the universe simply because we exist
      And if there were no nuclear attractions (which by I presume you mean electric forces) we would return to a singularity point, since there is nothing pushing us out and we'd all collapse onto ourselves

    • @hector-m-carrillo
      @hector-m-carrillo Před 8 lety

      Having re read his comment, I forfeit my defense towards him, but my corrections stand

  • @firstlast-cs6eg
    @firstlast-cs6eg Před 4 lety

    I appreciate how you still call it a theory where as other people like to talk about it as fact.
    Question: What was the result?
    Question: Would any loss of energy be taken as this theory being correct or does it have to be a specific loss of energy? Because if it's the former,the energy loss could be explained by some unknown other factor, including possibly some basic error in the formulation of the math for the subject.

  • @kingtiger2.2002
    @kingtiger2.2002 Před 2 lety +1

    I love brian greene, he has an incredible mind. 👏

  • @edjones8706
    @edjones8706 Před 4 lety +3

    Could you repeat that?. I didn't quite get that👻

  • @reaganmin9704
    @reaganmin9704 Před 8 lety +3

    In the Big Bang Theory, Sheldon looks down on Brian Greene.

  • @oneadb
    @oneadb Před 4 lety

    Congratulations!Very clear!

  • @wilhelmtaylor9863
    @wilhelmtaylor9863 Před 4 lety +2

    Brian, you magnificent physicist, I read your book!!! (apologies to George and Erwin)
    I'm an optical engineer with aspirations in mathematics and you certainly got my attention.

    • @hatlicks18
      @hatlicks18 Před 4 lety

      Yes I am. Thank you. I take exercise very seriously, but I am not sure what math has to do with it.

    • @wilhelmtaylor9863
      @wilhelmtaylor9863 Před 4 lety

      @@hatlicks18 11 dimensions is something I consider a mathematical concept. No?

    • @hatlicks18
      @hatlicks18 Před 4 lety

      @@wilhelmtaylor9863 Sorry. That was a joke. I'm not Brian Greene. I was pretending to be ignorant and equate a physicist with a fitness instructor. My wife always said I have terrible jokes.

  • @samanthamccall4522
    @samanthamccall4522 Před 10 lety +72

    I'm just curious about why these other dimensions all have to be so SMALL that we can't see them with our eyes or other currently created observational technology? Is there the possibility that they are so LARGE that we can't observe them? Like how at one point we thought the Earth was flat because we couldn't observe the curvature of the Earth. There could be some obvious reason that I'm missing - science and mathematics aren't my strong suit - but if anyone cares to explain this to me I'd appreciate it :).

    • @Souledgex1
      @Souledgex1 Před 10 lety +15

      The dimensions are small because we are looking deeper into the particles of the particles within an atom. Greene explained how there's a machine in which scientists are colliding particles to observe the results of the collisions. This video was five years ago. In 2012, scientists discovered the Higgs Boson, which is the result of these collisions, so indeed the dimensions are small.

    • @ireneabraham906
      @ireneabraham906 Před 7 lety +30

      Scientists have universally agreed to expect 11 dimensions around us - 10 dimensions of space and one of time. We know 3 of us space and the 1 of time already leaving 7 dimensions of space unknown to us. The size of these dimensions are immaterial if I am not wrong. Dimensions are not bound by physical targets. It is the features and characteristics that matter. A line (2D) can be long or short. Height can be tall or short. Time can be measured but it is not bounded. Hope you get the point :)

    • @rohit28agrawal
      @rohit28agrawal Před 6 lety +5

      Samantha McCall
      we already have 3 dimensions explaining Newtonian physics...All we r looking for is 1 equation to explain the entire physics...newtonian as well as quantum.
      so whatever new discovery/ theory is there will be from the quantum side...so if there exist any extra dimension it has to be of quantum scale.
      i hope i answered your query :)

    • @sinsemiliasam14
      @sinsemiliasam14 Před 6 lety +5

      Samantha McCall maybe they are vibrating at such a different vibration of our own we can't see them. we can only see about a 3rd or 13th of observable light, correct? so maybe they are here or around us and just at a different vibration. idk that's my beat guess

    • @flateartcreatorssolja6558
      @flateartcreatorssolja6558 Před 6 lety

      Samantha McCall earth is flat hun

  • @v3le
    @v3le Před 9 lety +3

    i like music and i like string theory! ^^

  • @clarkewi
    @clarkewi Před 4 lety

    Fascinating talk.

  • @shinyheart3373
    @shinyheart3373 Před 4 lety +1

    This guy has perfect voice and teaching style for a teacher. 👍

    • @rock-tk1qf
      @rock-tk1qf Před 4 lety

      Teachers are selected by Degrees ! Not by voice & styles

  • @jonathanhunt8347
    @jonathanhunt8347 Před 7 lety +8

    The creators of Stranger Things must be big fans of Brian Greene.

  • @hipeople5157
    @hipeople5157 Před 4 lety +48

    I have always wondered how these people who think about such principles are then able to switch their mind to the mundane such as a grocery list, sorting laundry, and such.

    • @CarMake
      @CarMake Před 4 lety +3

      They don't. that's for people like you to do

    • @vmodsm
      @vmodsm Před 4 lety

      They don’t

    • @kevinjohnson8016
      @kevinjohnson8016 Před 4 lety +2

      Because they're desperate to deny God

    • @ProfessorJayTee
      @ProfessorJayTee Před 4 lety +9

      @@kevinjohnson8016 Because are not handicapped by the need to hypothesize that there is a god in order to explain things in our universe. That outdated and unsupported hypothesis has some fatal flaws in it, anyhow.

    • @RolandKarlBryce
      @RolandKarlBryce Před 4 lety +1

      Kevin Johnson they actually believe there is a Gode, sorry I mean a Code... the creator’s Code

  • @stardomee
    @stardomee Před 6 lety +2

    all these are explained in detail in Brian Green's book 'The Elegant Universe', it seems that the maths for this theory is particularly tough so they're looking for workarounds

  • @appenginenode
    @appenginenode Před 4 lety

    I agree somewhat with this guy. With the string theory it's quite amazing that it's a quantum deduction of the effect of ray tracing the trajectory across it's shortest route to enable the cross compatible light source from the angle of interruption.