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Mapping the road to quantum gravity
Science Daily ^
| 23 APR 2014
| Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Posted on 04/26/2014 5:36:47 AM PDT by onedoug
The road uniting quantum field theory and general relativity -- the two great theories of modern physics -- has been impassable for 80 years. Could a tool from condensed matter physics finally help map the way?
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencedaily.com ...
TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: gravity; quantumgravity; quantumtheory
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04/26/2014 5:36:48 AM PDT
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onedoug
To: onedoug
This is all well and good but who’s gonna win American Idol?
To: onedoug
This is an excellent brief discussion of the subject.
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04/26/2014 6:16:20 AM PDT
by
Savage Beast
(Hubris and denial overwhelm Western Civilization. Nemesis and tragedy always follow.)
To: onedoug
In other words... We're going to make shit up to fit an indeterminate square peg fit into a wobbly round hole.
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04/26/2014 6:17:49 AM PDT
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Desron13
To: ilovesarah2012
YES, we all want to know. lol
To: Savage Beast
I believe mathematics to be truly of God.
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posted on
04/26/2014 6:54:59 AM PDT
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onedoug
To: onedoug
Very good, interesting post.
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posted on
04/26/2014 7:57:27 AM PDT
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expat2
To: Desron13
It analog to digital conversion....
the universe at the smallest lever is pixels but pull back you see a picture
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posted on
04/26/2014 8:08:11 AM PDT
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tophat9000
(Are we headed to a Cracker Slacker War?)
To: onedoug
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posted on
04/26/2014 9:23:57 AM PDT
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Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: onedoug
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04/26/2014 12:05:35 PM PDT
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Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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