Guest guest Posted December 3, 2000 Report Share Posted December 3, 2000 Dear List, All of us know that Sikhs are the most loved and respected lot in India and every where in the world. My best friends are from them Sardarji fraternity. Iknow lots and lots of friends who narrate such jokes just to enjoy. And also there is nothing wrong in Jay tryong to issue the clarification type of mail to the LIST. Regaards to every member of the list. Seshadri from chennai - Vivekananda Centre <vivekananda list <Ramakrishna > Friday, December 01, 2000 4:59 AM [ramakrishna] Superstrings.... > Further to the message from Jairam.... > =====copy==== > > Whew! > Thanks Sreedhar...i suppose it would be true to say then that the properties > of Light are the one aspect *in* this Relative World but not *of* it...it > seems to be the One 'phenomenon' that we 'know' of that has transcended the > laws of the relative world?? > > i have no background in science...but i would be very grateful if i could > touch on a few more thoughts that i have read about and have trouble > comprehending... > > i learnt that the 'string theory' states that 'strings' are the most > elemental 'thing' that make up this world...these strings are 'fluctuations > of energy' every single entity, living and non-living is permeated by these > strings...the difference between a table and me is just that the frequency > of fluctuations of this energy varies...or so goes my understanding... > > in any event, if that is so, (and do correct me if i am wrong) then where do > photons fit into all this...if light is made up of " massless > corpuscles " which are photons. are photons too strings in greater or lesser > frequencies and are merely called photons because they 'belong'to light? Are > photons a 'characteristic' of any other 'phenomenon'? > > ======response from jay===== > > Super string theory is attempting to create a " theory of everything " . > It claims that by working in 10 or 11 dimensions (one of time and rest of > space) we can reconcile the two major fields of Physics (quantum mechanics > and relativity). The jury is still out. > > My own opinion is that even though by doing gymnastics in the topology of > 11 dimensional space we may be able to show a link between the two > major branches of Physics - it is still not elegant enough to really > be 'the theory of everything' -- it cannot be called economical either. > Though it is the best thing we have at the moment - I suspect it will be > superseded by a better theory... > > According to this theory every elementary particle (including the exchange > particles i.e. gluons, photons and weak gauge bosons) are all different > modes of vibrations of a more fundamental entity - the superstring. > Hence photons are just one of the modes of vibrations of the superstring. > Perhaps the best thing going for the superstring theory is the fact that > the graviton (hypothetical exchange particle for gravitational force pops > out > the system with the right kind of ' spin ' of Two. > > I hope this explanation helps a little !! (In fact the main proponents of > the theory like Ed Witten 'really' does not quite understand what > he is dealing with. He says: 'This is Physics that really belongs to > the next century'. > > > regards > jay Sri Ramakrishnaye Namah > Vivekananda Centre London > http://www.vivekananda.co.uk > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2000 Report Share Posted December 3, 2000 thanks jay...i enjoyed learning about this ... thanks again. now can you all tell me all about the concept of time and how it arose and how it is kept track of???? that is also bugging me... jairam >======response from jay===== > >Super string theory is attempting to create a " theory of everything " . >It claims that by working in 10 or 11 dimensions (one of time and rest of >space) we can reconcile the two major fields of Physics (quantum mechanics >and relativity). The jury is still out. > >My own opinion is that even though by doing gymnastics in the topology of >11 dimensional space we may be able to show a link between the two >major branches of Physics - it is still not elegant enough to really >be 'the theory of everything' -- it cannot be called economical either. >Though it is the best thing we have at the moment - I suspect it will be >superseded by a better theory... > >According to this theory every elementary particle (including the exchange >particles i.e. gluons, photons and weak gauge bosons) are all different >modes of vibrations of a more fundamental entity - the superstring. >Hence photons are just one of the modes of vibrations of the superstring. >Perhaps the best thing going for the superstring theory is the fact that >the graviton (hypothetical exchange particle for gravitational force pops >out >the system with the right kind of ' spin ' of Two. > >I hope this explanation helps a little !! (In fact the main proponents of >the theory like Ed Witten 'really' does not quite understand what >he is dealing with. He says: 'This is Physics that really belongs to >the next century'. > > >regards >jay > > > > > > >Sri Ramakrishnaye Namah >Vivekananda Centre London >http://www.vivekananda.co.uk > ______________________________\ _____ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2000 Report Share Posted December 3, 2000 - " jairam seshadri " <jairamseshadri <Ramakrishna > Sunday, December 03, 2000 09:42 Re: [ramakrishna] Superstrings.... > > thanks jay...i enjoyed learning about this ... > thanks again. > now can you all tell me all about the concept of time and how it arose and > how it is kept track of???? > > that is also bugging me... > > jairam > Dear Jairam Science is undergoing a paradigm shift at the moment. Many of the concepts it is handling (like concept of time) can be labelled more as metaphysical than physical but the hard headed Physicists will not agree. Concept of 'time' has undergone a major shift in understanding. In the classical period - it was assumed that space and time were two independent backdrops of the stage on which 'matter' unfolds its game plan. In 1905 with the arrival of special theory of relativity this idea was lost for ever. No longer can one think of time and space as separate entities - no longer were they passive backdrop of world stage. They become strongly integrated with each other and with the material universe. Now we have space/time inseparable from each other they are no longer passive backdrops - the curvature of space/time produces Gravitation - the major force that dictates evolution of the whole cosmos. They have become integrated with each other and with the player on the stage (matter). The topic is lengthy and very interesting - I am sure there are others in our list who may want to add further on the theme of time...... regards jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2000 Report Share Posted December 5, 2000 I hope that Jairam has not given up on his quest...i am eagerly awaiting the last few names of the Jesus 1000 names i have so enjoyed them...i almost want to say... " Take that Shakespeare!! " for the language is beautiful and deceptively so...i never realised that the Bible had such wonderful words please keep them coming... with much regards maria On Sun, 03 Dec 2000 16:42:37 jairam seshadri wrote: > >thanks jay...i enjoyed learning about this ... >thanks again. >now can you all tell me all about the concept of time and how it arose and >how it is kept track of???? > >that is also bugging me... > >jairam > Great Gift Idea! FREE cell phone, internet ready at Lycos Marketplace http://www.inphonic.lycos.com/redirect.asp?referringpage=www.lycosd1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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