Author Archives: PlatoHagel

Pythagoras Could be Called the First Known String Theorist

Posted on November 5, 2004 by PlatoHagel

Pythagoras could be called the first known string theorist. Pythagoras, an excellent lyre player, figured out the first known string physics — the harmonic relationship. Pythagoras realized that vibrating Lyre strings of equal tensions but different lengths would produce harmonious … Continue reading →

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Plato: Mathematics Would Reveal the Structure of the World

Posted on November 5, 2004 by PlatoHagel

We should ask why Plato’s theory is so progressive, why Aristotle’s is so archaic, and why Plato is usually given so little credit for his theory. The answer to all these is the same: Plato comes up with this kind … Continue reading →

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Physical Reality as a Four Dimensional Existence

Posted on November 4, 2004 by PlatoHagel

Since there exist in this four dimensional structure [space-time] no longer any sections which represent “now” objectively, the concepts of happening and becoming are indeed not completely suspended, but yet complicated. It appears therefore more natural to think of physical … Continue reading →

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Quantum Harmonic Oscillator

Posted on November 3, 2004 by PlatoHagel

Let us see how these great physicists used harmonic oscillators to establish beachheads to new physics. Albert Einstein used harmonic oscillators to understand specific heats of solids and found that energy levels are quantized. This formed one of the key … Continue reading →

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Compactifying a 3-D universe with two space dimensions and one time dimension.

Posted on November 3, 2004 by PlatoHagel

How do we learn to deal with these abstract spaces, but to have considered the following: (a) Compactifying a 3-D universe with two space dimensions and one time dimension. This is a simplification of the 5-D space­time considered by Theodor … Continue reading →

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Plato’s Cave and Heisenberg, 21st Century with Witten

Posted on November 2, 2004 by PlatoHagel

Breaking Symmetry Here I sit in Brane world and the idea of “Pants” reaching different dimenisons seems intrigueing to me. Far beyond the views that one see from the light shining, from the open mouth of the cave, some far … Continue reading →

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The Sound of Gravitational Waves

Posted on November 2, 2004 by PlatoHagel

Lets say that there was this challenge between the fixations of matter defined states and the Pythagorean values of sound. Have we identified the two camps exploring quantum gravity? We can’t actually hear gravational waves, even with the most sophisticated … Continue reading →

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Plato’s Solid Definition of God?

Posted on November 1, 2004 by PlatoHagel

Okay we assume that which we can see, head-brain-neurons- as a solid manifestation, but from where do these emerge? The fifth element, i.e., the quintessence, according to Plato was identified with the dodecahedron. He says simply “God used this solid … Continue reading →

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Cubist Revolt and the Fourth Dimension

Posted on November 1, 2004 by PlatoHagel

“Why must art be clinically “realistic?” This Cubist “revolt against perspective” seized the fourth dimension because it touched the third dimension from all possible perspectives. Simply put, Cubist art embraced the fourth dimension. Picasso’s paintings are a splendid example, showing … Continue reading →

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5th Dimensional Field Equations

Posted on November 1, 2004 by PlatoHagel

http://www.tech.port.ac.uk/staffweb/seahras/images/Kaluza.jpeg In 1919, Kaluza sent Albert Einstein a preprint — later published in 1921 — that considered the extension of general relativity to five dimensions. He assumed that the 5-dimensional field equations were simply the higher-dimensional version of the vacuum … Continue reading →

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