ulaulaman, 3 months ago to mathematics

'Geometry can be very simple, but totally deep': meet top #maths prizewinner Claire Voisin

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00402-3

Voisin won this year’s #CrafoordPrize in #Mathematics for research inspired by #stringtheory, and work on a million-dollar unsolved problem.

LG5Films, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to Astronomy

It's a new day and our ideas of how the universe is structured have changed dramatically.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/jan/11/newly-discovered-cosmic-megastructure-challenges-theories-of-the-universe

#CosmicMegastructures #TheUniverse #StringTheory #TheBigRing #TheGiantArc #CosmicStrings #Astronomy

raichoo, 8 months ago to random

Brian Greene certainly shilled #StringTheory for a very long time and is probably one of the reasons why it's so popular among non-physicists. Anyway, I think this is the right way to think about it. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2sfDAqL11UI

ncrav, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to physics

"Where Are All The Hidden Dimensions"

#physics #stringTheory #documentary #science

https://youtu.be/9If-K9R3Ka4

TIL moduli particles and Calabi-Yau manifolds 😅

neuralex, 1 year ago to science

This is the best hour-long rant a #physics PhD ever delivered about #stringtheory and #SciComm while simultaneously playing Binding of Isaac in order to help stay focused on her talk

"string theory lied to us and now science communication is hard" by Dr. Angela Collier

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kya_LXa_y1E