Tag Archives: Gravity

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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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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