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Old 15-December-2006, 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by gzhpcu View Post
Let me try. By "what.....actually are", I mean not an abstract mathematical model, but a sensorial visualization of particles and space at tiny scales (even if not actually possible....)
As I said, a loaded question...(sorry, don't mean to be flip about it). At the same time, too, we don't have a proper theory yet on the nature of space-time on the quantum scale. And I guess this is the issue that started this thread.

May I suggest some reading (which optimizes on physical, conceptual understanding with minimal math) for some deeper insight into the nature of matter and space?

The Fabric of the Cosmos, by Brian Greene

QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter, by Richard Feynmann

Patterns in the Void: Why Nothing is Important, by Sten Odenwald

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