tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post3833109055751912708..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: There are additional dimensionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-75347322676006142542008-05-05T05:12:00.000+01:002008-05-05T05:12:00.000+01:00Email received:Hi, I enjoy your blog. Your post on...<I>Email received:</I><BR/><BR/>Hi, I enjoy your blog. Your post on string theory made me wonder whether you've bumped into the connection between higher dimensional geometry and music, but there are some interesting connections.<BR/><BR/>http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/07/07/950.aspx <BR/><BR/>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1582330,00.html <BR/><BR/>Am actually writing about one of the "On an Overgrown Path" pieces, which makes a very interesting use of scales ... <BR/><BR/>Dmitri Tymoczko<BR/>Assistant Professor of Music<BR/>Princeton <BR/>http://music.princeton.edu/~dmitriPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-18885652195843567972008-05-05T00:14:00.000+01:002008-05-05T00:14:00.000+01:00'String theory predicts the existence of more than...<I>'String theory predicts the existence of more than the three space dimensions and one time dimension we are all familiar with. According to string theory, there are additional dimensions that we are unfamiliar with because they are curled up into complicated shapes that can only be seen on tiny scales'</I><BR/><BR/>It would be just dandy if string theory merely predicted those extra dimensions. The problem is that string theory <I>depends</I> on those extra dimensions (a total of 11 at last count) for its very existence. Absent those extra dimensions, string theory collapses as a viable theory of anything, much less everything.<BR/><BR/>ACDA.C. Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12090447201234367871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-69921205820036029832008-05-04T22:55:00.000+01:002008-05-04T22:55:00.000+01:00The catalogue for Beyond Measure is also recommend...The catalogue for <I>Beyond Measure</I> is also recommended. A bargain at £6.95 plus shipping - <BR/><BR/>http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk/publications/catalogues/index.htmlPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com