A Basic Understanding of the Tenth Dimension

 Bubbles 01: Peanut by Rentahamster
Bub­bles 01: Peanut by Renta­ham­ster

In string the­ory, physi­cists tell us that the sub­atomic par­ti­cles that make up our uni­verse are cre­ated within ten spa­tial dimen­sions (plus an eleventh dimen­sion of “time”) by the vibra­tions of exquis­itely small “super­strings”. The aver­age per­son has barely got­ten used to the idea of there being four dimen­sions: how can we pos­si­bly imag­ine the tenth?

We’ve all heard that there are more then four dimen­sions, but that is usu­ally as far as com­mon under­stand­ing goes. It’s quite a chal­lenge to com­pre­hend such abstract con­cepts. Thank­fully, Rob Bryan­ton has a sim­ple flash ani­ma­tion to help us along. To access it, enter the site and select “Imag­in­ing the Ten Dimen­sions” in the Nav­i­ga­tion sidebar.

Imag­in­ing the Tenth Dimen­sion — A Book by Rob Bryan­ton via del.icio.us

3 Responses to “A Basic Understanding of the Tenth Dimension”


Leave a Reply