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Dimly Lit Lightbulb 😀 Send message Joined: 30 Aug 08 Posts: 15399 Credit: 7,423,413 RAC: 1 |
I've just been having an interesting conversation with my Dad regarding Albert Einstein. Basically it was about what would he be theorising today? Considering his theory about the universe and what not what we got to discussing what would would he be theorising about if he was still alive today if he was still alive. We eventually agreed on something along the lines of "mind boggling". Thoughts? Member of the People Encouraging Niceness In Society club. |
John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
I've just been having an interesting conversation with my Dad regarding Albert Einstein. Basically it was about what would he be theorising today? Considering his theory about the universe and what not what we got to discussing what would would he be theorising about if he was still alive today if he was still alive. We eventually agreed on something along the lines of "mind boggling". Probably the Grand Unified Theory (if he had not succeeded in solving it already that is). This is the problem that he was working on at the end of his life, and the solution has so far eluded all the scientists that have attempted it. BOINC WIKI |
James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54 |
I would hazard a quess that he would be thinking about dark matter or energy. Or blackholes. But then again he was working on a unfied theory. I wonder how the Higgs Boson would have helped? [/quote] Old James |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
"God does not play dice", he said, to which Wolfgang Pauli replied "not even you can tell God what he can or cannot do". Notice that "not even you". I don't think he would appreciate the "Standard model" of elementary particles. His idea of physics was modeled along the theology of Spinoza. Tullio |
soft^spirit Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 6497 Credit: 34,134,168 RAC: 0 |
Oh my gosh if Albert Einstein was alive today I do hope he would be tackling something fitting for an advanced age, like how to make a better daquiri or keep kids from skateboarding on his sidewalk. He certainly earned a rest as it is!! Janice |
John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
Oh my gosh if Albert Einstein was alive today I do hope he would be tackling something fitting for an advanced age, like how to make a better daquiri or keep kids from skateboarding on his sidewalk. He certainly earned a rest as it is!! The second one is nearly impossible, you call that a rest? BOINC WIKI |
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