Sunday, August 12, 2007

The Elegant Universe - Part 3: Welcome to the 11th Dimension



And finally we come to the main problem with String Theory - how do you test it? The basic tenants of science demand that all explanations be testable and if they are not then we usually don't include them in science (philosophy is more the venue for such a notion, but not science). Will we be able to test this theory in the not to distant future? That's the $64,000 question. But, for now, we are able to approach the Universe in a way that was never possible until string theory cam along and that opens up exciting possibilities:


Part 3/1 - Welcome to the 11th Dimension



Part 3/2 - Welcome to the 11th Dimension



Part 3/3 - Welcome to the 11th Dimension



Part 3/4 - Welcome to the 11th Dimension



Part 3/5 - Welcome to the 11th Dimension

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