The Colour Blog of Motion MountainCalculating the fine structure constant 𝛼 and more — Part 4Let us continue to determine the electron mass. The preceding parts of this thread showed that particle mass is due to tangle core…Aug 1Aug 1
The Colour Blog of Motion MountainCalculating the fine structure constant 𝛼 and more — Part 3Calculating the mass of elementary particles is possible in the strand tangle model. This is fascinating, because no other model in the…Jul 27Jul 27
The Colour Blog of Motion MountainCalculating the fine structure constant 𝛼 and more — Part 2In the strand model, a particle’s electric charge and its mass can be calculated. Their values are due to the amount of chirality of the…Jul 22Jul 22
The Colour Blog of Motion MountainCalculating the fine structure constant 𝛼 and more — Part 1The fine structure constant 𝛼 is the most well-known fundamental constant. It was discovered in 1915 by Arnold Sommerfeld and describes…Jul 20Jul 20
The Colour Blog of Motion MountainJohn Horgan Was RightIn 1993, in his book “The End of Science”, John Horgan made gentle fun of many sciences, and of fundamental physics and cosmology in…Jul 13Jul 13
The Colour Blog of Motion MountainTo Unify Or To Mix?A story about the power of words and of groupthink in fundamental physics.Jun 11Jun 11
The Colour Blog of Motion MountainNature produces physicists to advertize its beautyNature is beautiful. But not all physics research shows this.Jun 8Jun 8
The Colour Blog of Motion MountainThe oldest error in fundamental physics“Because points have no size, between any two points there is always a third.” Ten seconds of modern physics show that this statement is…May 18May 18
The Colour Blog of Motion MountainAt the Planck scale, space is not smoothThe question about the unification of physics is a question about what happens at the Planck scale. How does nature look at the Planck…May 121May 121