TheCigSmokingMan
Rift Surfer
Here are few artilces on string theory... Apparently it is on the ropes...
Short of 'All,' String Theorists Accused of Nothing
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6377252
A provocative branch of physics called string theory might explain everything in the universe, such as how matter came into being and why space and time exist. Or, the theory might explain nothing. But for more than 30 years, it has captivated some of the best minds in physics.
This intellectual feud that has spilled into the greater world -- and onto a soccer field in Santa Barbara, Calif. There, physicists who spend their days pondering a universe that has nine or 10 dimensions of space, or who suspect that our universe is just one of jillions, get a chance to experience a true-to-life, three-dimensional ball.
Twice a year, string theorists visiting University of California, Santa Barbara take on their colleagues in a friendly game of soccer. They have never lost a game. It has become a point of pride -- especially now. Off the field, string theory is under attack.
String theory: Hanging on by a thread?
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2006-09-18-string-theory_x.htm
By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY
String theory is on the ropes. After decades of prominence as the key to physics' elusive "theory of everything," challengers say the hypothesis is unraveling.
Why? Because there haven't been experiments to prove it — and there don't seem to be any on the horizon.
"The interplay with experiments is essential, and string theory just doesn't have that," says physicist Lee Smolin, author of The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of Science, and What Comes Next, out today
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TheCigMan
Short of 'All,' String Theorists Accused of Nothing
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6377252
A provocative branch of physics called string theory might explain everything in the universe, such as how matter came into being and why space and time exist. Or, the theory might explain nothing. But for more than 30 years, it has captivated some of the best minds in physics.
This intellectual feud that has spilled into the greater world -- and onto a soccer field in Santa Barbara, Calif. There, physicists who spend their days pondering a universe that has nine or 10 dimensions of space, or who suspect that our universe is just one of jillions, get a chance to experience a true-to-life, three-dimensional ball.
Twice a year, string theorists visiting University of California, Santa Barbara take on their colleagues in a friendly game of soccer. They have never lost a game. It has become a point of pride -- especially now. Off the field, string theory is under attack.
String theory: Hanging on by a thread?
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2006-09-18-string-theory_x.htm
By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY
String theory is on the ropes. After decades of prominence as the key to physics' elusive "theory of everything," challengers say the hypothesis is unraveling.
Why? Because there haven't been experiments to prove it — and there don't seem to be any on the horizon.
"The interplay with experiments is essential, and string theory just doesn't have that," says physicist Lee Smolin, author of The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of Science, and What Comes Next, out today
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Hang in there String Theory! /ttiforum/images/graemlins/smile.gif
TheCigMan
