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From: Raymond Yohros on 5 Jul 2010 20:25 On Jul 5, 9:28 am, Sam Wormley <sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 7/5/10 8:39 AM, bert wrote: > > > > > > > On Jul 4, 7:17 pm, Sam Wormley<sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 7/4/10 5:06 PM, bert wrote: > > >>> On Jul 2, 12:48 am, Sam Wormley<sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> Edward Witten wins Newton medal > >>>> String theorist honoured for transforming physicshttp://physicsworld..com/cws/m/1780/17632/article/news/43054 > > >>> Sam When Witten talks people come from all over the world and listen. > >>> He has made string theory closer to reality TreBert > > >> Has he proposed a testable prediction? > > > Well Witten has a wife that's good company(Chiarra Nappi) She is also > > a physist at the instatute.I would say at this point Witten proposes > > that M-theory with the physics it embodies will pave a road that will > > map a better understanding of the universe. Kind of a unification of > > SR GR QM supersymmetry and even extra dimensions. Only Witten& > > wife can do all that.I would like to help. Ooops my ego is showing > > TreBert > > You seemed to have forgotten the question, Herb--Has Witten > proposed a testable prediction with M-theory? > M-theory was a moshroom trip is he closer to the true nature of the string ? i have not read he's latest work regards r.y
From: Sam Wormley on 6 Jul 2010 00:01 On 7/5/10 7:25 PM, Raymond Yohros wrote: > On Jul 5, 9:28 am, Sam Wormley<sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> On 7/5/10 8:39 AM, bert wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>> On Jul 4, 7:17 pm, Sam Wormley<sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>> On 7/4/10 5:06 PM, bert wrote: >> >>>>> On Jul 2, 12:48 am, Sam Wormley<sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> Edward Witten wins Newton medal >>>>>> String theorist honoured for transforming physicshttp://physicsworld.com/cws/m/1780/17632/article/news/43054 >> >>>>> Sam When Witten talks people come from all over the world and listen. >>>>> He has made string theory closer to reality TreBert >> >>>> Has he proposed a testable prediction? >> >>> Well Witten has a wife that's good company(Chiarra Nappi) She is also >>> a physist at the instatute.I would say at this point Witten proposes >>> that M-theory with the physics it embodies will pave a road that will >>> map a better understanding of the universe. Kind of a unification of >>> SR GR QM supersymmetry and even extra dimensions. Only Witten& >>> wife can do all that.I would like to help. Ooops my ego is showing >>> TreBert >> >> You seemed to have forgotten the question, Herb--Has Witten >> proposed a testable prediction with M-theory? >> > > M-theory was a moshroom trip > is he closer to the true nature of the string ? > i have not read he's latest work > > regards > r.y > Is there a testable prediction?
From: Raymond Yohros on 6 Jul 2010 11:49 On Jul 5, 11:01 pm, Sam Wormley <sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 7/5/10 7:25 PM, Raymond Yohros wrote: > > > > > > > On Jul 5, 9:28 am, Sam Wormley<sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 7/5/10 8:39 AM, bert wrote: > > >>> On Jul 4, 7:17 pm, Sam Wormley<sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> On 7/4/10 5:06 PM, bert wrote: > > >>>>> On Jul 2, 12:48 am, Sam Wormley<sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>>> Edward Witten wins Newton medal > >>>>>> String theorist honoured for transforming physicshttp://physicsworld.com/cws/m/1780/17632/article/news/43054 > > >>>>> Sam When Witten talks people come from all over the world and listen. > >>>>> He has made string theory closer to reality TreBert > > >>>> Has he proposed a testable prediction? > > >>> Well Witten has a wife that's good company(Chiarra Nappi) She is also > >>> a physist at the instatute.I would say at this point Witten proposes > >>> that M-theory with the physics it embodies will pave a road that will > >>> map a better understanding of the universe. Kind of a unification of > >>> SR GR QM supersymmetry and even extra dimensions. Only Witten& > >>> wife can do all that.I would like to help. Ooops my ego is showing > >>> TreBert > > >> You seemed to have forgotten the question, Herb--Has Witten > >> proposed a testable prediction with M-theory? > > > M-theory was a moshroom trip > > is he closer to the true nature of the string ? > > i have not read he's latest work > > > regards > > r.y > > Is there a testable prediction? > i did not read he's last work? does he still believe in 10 dimentions!!!??? or is it 11?? r.y
From: PD on 6 Jul 2010 17:32 On Jul 1, 11:48 pm, Sam Wormley <sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Edward Witten wins Newton medal > String theorist honoured for transforming physicshttp://physicsworld.com/cws/m/1780/17632/article/news/43054 It's probably fairer to say that he's honored for trying to get string theory to be a theory, and has got a bunch of people moving in that direction.
From: bert on 6 Jul 2010 18:22
On Jul 5, 10:28 am, Sam Wormley <sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 7/5/10 8:39 AM, bert wrote: > > > > > > > On Jul 4, 7:17 pm, Sam Wormley<sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 7/4/10 5:06 PM, bert wrote: > > >>> On Jul 2, 12:48 am, Sam Wormley<sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> Edward Witten wins Newton medal > >>>> String theorist honoured for transforming physicshttp://physicsworld..com/cws/m/1780/17632/article/news/43054 > > >>> Sam When Witten talks people come from all over the world and listen. > >>> He has made string theory closer to reality TreBert > > >> Has he proposed a testable prediction? > > > Well Witten has a wife that's good company(Chiarra Nappi) She is also > > a physist at the instatute.I would say at this point Witten proposes > > that M-theory with the physics it embodies will pave a road that will > > map a better understanding of the universe. Kind of a unification of > > SR GR QM supersymmetry and even extra dimensions. Only Witten& > > wife can do all that.I would like to help. Ooops my ego is showing > > TreBert > > You seemed to have forgotten the question, Herb--Has Witten > proposed a testable prediction with M-theory?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Not really skipping the question. Without math going for string theory the answer is "NO" Still string theory is not going to be sweeped under the rug. Men like Brian Greene and Sherck Shwartz with their great wit will keep it alive. That is an easy prediction TreBert |