#String Theory

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Book Review: The Case Against Reality

Nima Arkani-Hamed shows up surprisingly rarely in popular science books. A major figure in my former field, Nima is extremely quotable (frequent examples include “spacetime is doomed” and “the universe is not a crappy metal”), but those quotes don’t seem to quite have reached the popular physics mainstream. He’s been interviewed in books by physicists, and has a major role in one popular physics…

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[whats-in-a-sentence]

These shapes are named after two mathematicians, Eugenio Calabi and Shing-Tung Yau, who discovered them mathematically long before their relevance to string theory was realized; a rough illustration of one example is given in Figure 12.9a.

If the particular Calabi-Yau shape in Figure 12.9a constituted the extra six dimensions in string theory, on ultramicroscopic scales space would have the form illustrated in Figure 12.9b.

"The Fabric of the Cosmos" - Brian Greene

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can you hear the music?

[balkanparamo]

Upon, Bleu String Theory 40" x 40" Mixed Media 2023

By LP Ækili Ross

[trash-but-trying]

Hi it's me, the entire String Theory fandom. Shes my favorite character and it's a crime we get so little of her. I love her.

Crazy ass baby girl

[coyoteheartworms]

murder board. february 18, 2024

nikon coolpix

[il3x]

post-birdcage string theory... <3

[insleywinsley]

lake eaton sinkhole. 2020, insley smullen.

[zizbombs]

What’s your opinion on String theory? Btw I’m 100% for legend hate-maxing

short answer? crazy tinker lady is hot

Long answer is that I really love string theory for generally what she represents. Her personality, look and power are all really fucking good, the crazy mad scientist, the doomsday clock ticking down one second at a time as the heroes rush to stop it, it's all very reminiscent of the classic superhero stuff. What I like about it in particular, is that she's inside of the birdcage. There isn't any dastardly scheme to escape and cause havoc again, it's over. that part is done, and largely the age of more of the classic supervillains are done- it ended with the 'golden age' of superheroes. The birdcage to me acts similarly to a time capsule, or kind of a place to put all the archetypical villains that wouldn't fly in the real world because of how dangerous they are, like galvante being the classic mob boss guy, or teacher being the mastermind type. now all we have are gang leaders and shit. Also, (haven't read worm in a while so this could be wrong) but she fills the similar niche that other capes do in expanding the setting's power level. the birdcage has been built up as like this fuckin hell on earth place with all the toughest motherfuckers around, and she's one of the first looks we get at a cell block leader's power level, which was probably hitting scion with the most amount of force he's been hit with in that part of gold morning and getting flung into a mountain or whatever. she just fuckin built that shit idk it's cool. to me it always fucks when this random guy shows up that maybe offhand you've heard mentioned once and they do some cool shit and you can soyface and point at them like!! thats cool!! also she's super hot and crazy

[typhlonectes]

Shortest chapter ever in a physics book...

From: Why String Theory? by Joseph Conlon

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Igor Gusev — Guardians of the Dawn (series "String Theory") [oil on canvas, 2017]

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The following tinkers are all given 2 months to create a basketball team of 5-9 players. These teams have to be entirely made of their creations.

The only limitations are everything has to be bipedal and have a vaguely humanoid shape, cannot have more than 8 limbs (tails count), and cannot be above 7 foot tall.

They then do a tournament. Assume that those that can't explicitly create drones (i.e mannequin) can turn existing stuff into drones. So mannequin could create a drone version of his current weird body as a 'player'.

Directly attacking other players is not allowed but indirectly is. Any damage is repaired between matches. Distorting the field by doing things such as creating acid pools is allowed, so long as the hoop itself is still accessible. Blocking the hoop in any way is not permitted. The ball must be accessible at all times - no teleporting it to alternate dimensions. No teleporting long distances in general, and ball modification is not permitted. Flight or wall climbing is not permitted.

Anything else goes.

[facts-i-just-made-up]

Please completely explain string theory to me in two sentences or less.

You know how Spaghetti and SpaghettiOs are basically the same thing but they're in different shapes so one is a soup and one is a pasta? String theory is like that but without making sense.

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Lena: You say you use fifth dimensional energy, does that mean string theory is correct?

Nyxly: What is string theory?

Lena: So spacetime is four dimensions.

Nyxly: With you so far.

Lena: String theory asks if there are more. Imagine you’re an ant on a string. The string is a two-dimensional surface. But to someone far away, the string looks like a one-dimensional line.

Nyxly: You’re saying humans are like ants?

Lena: Not exactly-

Nyxly: String theory is definitely correct.

[oddlyshapedsalad]

AU where May gets adopted by String Theory post subway incident.