Re: pinhole String Theory

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From: pauld@exploratorium.edu
Date: Thu Oct 30 2003 - 22:55:47 PST 

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Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 22:55:47 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: pinhole String Theory
From: pauld@exploratorium.edu

Hi Eric

I heard that aurorae were visible in Sacramento, but I didn't see any from
Mountain View.

The Nova programs were good. They reviewed classical and modern physics
concentrating on Einsteins theory of general relativity and Bohr et. al's
models of quantum mechanics. (I laughed when Brian Greene walked into the
quantum cafe past a guy who looked like Schroedinger, petting a cat!)

The next episode will be more about string theory and will hopefully
address whether it is theoretically possible to disprove string theory,
which is necessary for it to be a scientific theory.

Paul D

> Unfortunately I missed the NOVA on Tuesday night about the String Theory.
> Several of my students brought it up in class and were disappointed that I
> had not seen it. Several other teachers saw the program as well. I'm
> going to try and buy the NOVA program. I guess that there is another part
> coming up?
>
> My department chairman was saying that it was mentioned in the program
> that the string theory isn't really a theory because it cannot be proven
> false (therefore not a valid hypothesis). I am the physics teacher and I
> need to be enlightened. I didn't know that this was such a hot topic.
>
> Did anyone see aurora's last night due to the solar flares?
>
> Eric Plett
>
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