A Theory of Everything
On string theory
The theory of everything has long been incomplete.
Macro scale relativity and nano scale quantum dynamics have a chasm between them.
The nature of quantum gravity is the question.
We who seek complete knowledge suggest a theory of strings.
One
We who live in 4 dimensions look for many more.
The bug crawling around a cylinder exterior may see two dimensions where others see only one.
Where we see 4 dimensions a string finds 10 or even 11.
Their vibrations and resonance the source of our substance.
Two
We tell a story of strings open or closed,
world sheets of 2D Riemannian complex manifolds
giving us unification and quantizing Einstein’s relativity
embedding in Dp-brane’s world volume Fredholm’s measure.
Three
We who seek truth offer a theory we can’t prove
Of subatomic interactions requiring energy scales magnitudes beyond CERN.
A competition between five sets of incomplete formulas and approximations
A chorus of flavors in how to model a string.
M
We find echoes between our five sets of theory
Couplings and counter-symmetries emerge
Witten’s M, a theory of membranes or magic, providing the missing context
The connection tying them together like a song.
Four
We give to you pieces that can be tested.
AdS/CFT, applied to real-world phenomena.
A supersymmetry s-particle may still be found.
A supersymmetry gravitino that couples to the Higgs field.
Five
Gödel said any complete theory must also be incomplete.
Any formal system that is interesting enough to formulate its own consistency,
can prove its own consistency only if it is itself inconsistent.
A mind can not always know for certain if what is speculated is true.
- *This post deserves an asterisk. If there were some concepts here you did not understand then we have something in common. However if you’d like to learn more The Elegant Universe is a good place to start your journey.
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Books that were referenced here or otherwise inspired this post:
The Elegant Universe — Brian Greene
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Albums that were referenced here or otherwise inspired this post:
Jar of Flies — Alice in Chains
Graceland — Paul Simon
The Head and the Heart — The Head and the Heart
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For further readings please check out my Table of Contents, Book Recommendations, and Music Recommendations.
