if you understood 20% of that talk, you were probably ahead of me. Normal modes of vibration and following along when she was doing taxonomic stuff on elementary particles was about as far as I got.
*grin* Well, maybe 20% was pushing it a bit. But I've read about most of the quantum mechanics stuff she talked about (quarks, gluons, antiparticles), not necessarily remembering specific relationships but getting the general idea, and I've been obsessed with dimensions for six years. I also read something Stephen Hawking wrote about the strong force, weak force, the EM force, and gravity all being related via the idea that they're all different aspects of one unifying force (presumably one in some fancy dimension that, because of cool Flatland stuff, you and I can talk about but not visualize). I don't remember who exactly came up with that idea, but it was in one of his books. I love that stuff! And I love Flatland. Dude, that book is pretty much the sole reason I stuck with math as long as I did.
I like your new icons.
Thanks! It just goes to show what you can do with some determination and a non-squeamish attitude toward putting word-processing programs to cruel and unnatural uses.
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Date: 2004-02-20 07:22 pm (UTC)*grin* Well, maybe 20% was pushing it a bit. But I've read about most of the quantum mechanics stuff she talked about (quarks, gluons, antiparticles), not necessarily remembering specific relationships but getting the general idea, and I've been obsessed with dimensions for six years. I also read something Stephen Hawking wrote about the strong force, weak force, the EM force, and gravity all being related via the idea that they're all different aspects of one unifying force (presumably one in some fancy dimension that, because of cool Flatland stuff, you and I can talk about but not visualize). I don't remember who exactly came up with that idea, but it was in one of his books. I love that stuff! And I love Flatland. Dude, that book is pretty much the sole reason I stuck with math as long as I did.
I like your new icons.
Thanks! It just goes to show what you can do with some determination and a non-squeamish attitude toward putting word-processing programs to cruel and unnatural uses.