The Real World |
XXI The World A Theory of EverythingA Theory of Everything (TOE for short) is a single, coherent theory that explains all the phenomena in the universe. Many physicists, including Einstein, have tri...
Posted by on Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:34:00 GMT |
Judgement Day |
XX Judgement The MultiverseThe multiverse is where new physics starts to sound like something out of Star Trek. This highly speculative theory suggests that instead of one universe our universe ...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:44:00 GMT |
Let the Sun Shine In |
XIX The Sun M-TheoryString theory (see the Star card), suggests that fundamental particles are tiny vibrating strings. Superstring theory extended this vibration into ten dimensions (see the Moon ca...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:35:00 GMT |
Strange Phenomena |
XVIII The Moon Extra DimensionsIf string theory (see the Star card) is correct, all the fundamental particles in the universe comprise of tiny loops, or strings, that vibrate at different frequencie...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:33:00 GMT |
Beacon of Hope |
XVII The Star String TheoryQuantum theory and general relativity the two landmark discoveries of 20th century physics have revolutionised the way we understand the world. There's one problem; th...
Posted by on Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:09:00 GMT |
Lightning Strike |
XVI The Tower Quantum foamThe concept of quantum foam evolved out of an attempt to reconcile Einstein's theory of general relativity with quantum mechanics. The idea was to treat gravity as a field,...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:58:00 GMT |
Sympathy for the Devil |
XV The Devil Black HoleBlack holes are extremely small and extremely dense, exerting such a huge gravitational pull that nothing, not even light, can escape them. If you could observe someone appro...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:31:00 GMT |
The Right Blend |
XIV Temperance SupersymmetryAs an unintentional side-effect of one of many attempts to incorporate gravity and quantum theory, an unusual theory was developed. It suggested that each matter and forc...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:01:00 GMT |
Scary, huh? |
XIII Death Matter and Antimatter
Every particle has a corresponding antimatter particle. Antimatter has an opposite charge to ordinary matter, like the negatively-charged electron which has a posi...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:44:00 GMT |
Dangling by a thread |
XII The Hanged Man The Uncertainty PrincipleThe development of the uncertainty principle in the late 1920's was a key moment in the evolution of quantum theory. German physicist Werner Heisenberg re...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:02:00 GMT |
