Surfer Unlocks the Key to the Universe
December 20th, 2007 Wade
Score one for the transient Outdoorzies out there… or maybe score one for the physicists not-so-cool image… no matter. A guy who spends his Summers guiding backpacking trips and surfing, and his Winters ski-bumming has formed a theory on the universe that the scientific community is standing up and taking a look at. The Telegraph reported this week that Garrett Lisi has created a theory of the universe that could actually explain some things to physicists. Lisi has a doctorate but isn’t affiliated with any universities… currently. My guess is he’ll be picked up pretty quickly after this.
The E8 Theory… (don’t stare too long, it will suck you in… seriously)
From the Telegraph…
” Lisi’s inspiration lies in the most elegant and intricate shape known to mathematics, called E8 - a complex, eight-dimensional mathematical pattern with 248 points first found in 1887, but only fully understood by mathematicians this year after workings, that, if written out in tiny print, would cover an area the size of Manhattan.”
I’m not even going to pretent like I understand… so I’ll just step away and say… “Cool Brah.”
2 Comments Add your own
1. joshuathenomad | December 20th, 2007
wow, i’d love to read more in depth details of this. maybe even buy a book on it…
2. Greensap | December 21st, 2007
FOR MORE INFO GO TO http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Exceptionally_Simple_Theory_of_Everything
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