[LibWhacker]

Subtitle: How a scientist you never heard of made String Theory possible.

[GraceG]

I think the reason they keep having to invent multiple dimensions is because they still have a deep misunderstanding of gravity.

Everyone know the whole “rubber sheet” analogy of how gravity works...

But that is flawed.

Instead of a rubber sheet stretched over an open hoop, it should be a rubber sheet stretched over pool of water fileld to the brim so there is no space between the rubber sheet and the water... ONLY in 3 dimensions instead of 2.

If you press down on rubber sheet on this model what happens to the sheet? It goes down but at the endges it also goes UP. Because the spacetime metric is compressed, it has to “GIVE” elsewhere.... This would account to so called “Dark Energy” that acts repulsive at great distances, becasue gravity work repulsively at GREAT distances due to underlying nature of space time being NON-compressible...

Gravity attracts at close distances, but when you get to certain distance it will be slightly replusive, but the since the repulsive force is spread out over a very great distance it is very weak, unless you are tyalkign about very large distances, ie. between galaxies...

That is my theory on gravity, take it, steal it, use it.

Just send me a flying car if you figure it out...

[Dr. Sivana]

If he used the Classical Latin Alphabet, he would have had to max out at 23 dimensions. God help him if he were using the Chinese alphabet.

[skinkinthegrass]

thanks ping thanks, for the ping/post...
science ping.

[nothingnew]

Damn and damn again.

I thought he was leaving it to me...Damn...frikkin' birds...

FMCDH(BITS)

[Rodamala]

Thank you for posting this. I enjoyed reading it. Would have liked to met the man.

[dead]

A rare university professor without a PhD - didn't need one.

Interesting read, thanks for posting.

[expat2]

I figured that a guy with the name Claude Lovelace had to be a Brit. Sure enough,...... I hope he’s happily playing with his old parakeets up there.

[mikrofon]

'Always wondered what Unitariams really believed ... Now we know ;)

[SES1066]

... when he willed his entire fortune of $1.5 million to it.

Lets see, he was a bachelor, didn't bother with a barber much, somewhat of an eccentric loner and his principal hobby required birdseed. Sounds like his income exceeded his outgo rather nicely.

RIP and now you can discuss the theory with the Architect!

[I want the USA back]

A dimension is a measurement, not a place.
They get carried away by their marvelous equations, and leave the world of reality.