how long is a piece of string???
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Well...........String theory is a model of fundamental physics whose building blocks are one-dimensional extended objects (strings) rather than the zero-dimensional points (particles) that are the basis of the Standard Model of particle physics. For this reason, string theories are able to avoid problems associated with the presence of pointlike particles in a physical theory. Study of string theories has revealed that they require not just strings but other objects, variously including points, membranes, and higher-dimensional objects.
Interest in string theory is driven largely by the hope that it will prove to be a theory of everything. It is a possible solution of the quantum gravity problem, and in addition to gravity it can naturally describe interactions similar to electromagnetism and the other forces of nature. Superstring theories include fermions, the building blocks of matter, and incorporate supersymmetry. It is not yet known whether string theory is able to describe a universe with the precise collection of forces and matter that is observed, nor how much freedom to choose those details the theory will allow. String theory as a whole has not yet made falsifiable predictions that would allow it to be experimentally tested, though various special corners of the theory are accessible to planned observations and experiments.
Work on string theory has led to advances in mathematics, mainly in algebraic geometry. String theory has also led to insight into supersymmetric gauge theories, which will be tested at the new Large Hadron Collider experiment.
So 'I'm a melon' then!
Interest in string theory is driven largely by the hope that it will prove to be a theory of everything. It is a possible solution of the quantum gravity problem, and in addition to gravity it can naturally describe interactions similar to electromagnetism and the other forces of nature. Superstring theories include fermions, the building blocks of matter, and incorporate supersymmetry. It is not yet known whether string theory is able to describe a universe with the precise collection of forces and matter that is observed, nor how much freedom to choose those details the theory will allow. String theory as a whole has not yet made falsifiable predictions that would allow it to be experimentally tested, though various special corners of the theory are accessible to planned observations and experiments.
Work on string theory has led to advances in mathematics, mainly in algebraic geometry. String theory has also led to insight into supersymmetric gauge theories, which will be tested at the new Large Hadron Collider experiment.
So 'I'm a melon' then!
Dunno about that, you know what them scousers are like, they're often a bit stringent with threads and suchlike..
arf, arf
arf, arf
Jiglo said:I reckon that Mesh might know the real answer to this by telling us what size her string vest is
My string vest was made by killer geeses and is of no size known to humans ..therefore I will pour myself a vodka and coal and do the sock darning for all the local councillors
Mesh said:My string vest was made by killer geeses and is of no size known to humans ..therefore I will pour myself a vodka and coal and do the sock darning for all the local councillors
Another pearl of wisdom brought to the masses via the chemically altered mind of Mesh
landy said:well a piece of string is exactly double half its length
But what about the centipedes in this matter????
Do they wear a boot on each of their little feet or just slum it like the rest of us peasants
dead long coz even if its not ya can tie em all together like
or even simpler dont cut it into bits first to prove yaself wrong
or even simpler dont cut it into bits first to prove yaself wrong
