15-December-2006, 10:45 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Lugano, Switzerland
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Originally Posted by Spaceman Spiff
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 |
I have read the first two. These books are a bit like chinese boxes I find. The more you open, the more questions remain. Guess we don't have a theory yet on space-time because QM deals with forces and particles, and GR which deals with space-time is not a quantum theory.
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