2 minute String Theory, ... a contest!

I thought this was rather cute, and a decent idea. They're looking for someone to explain String Theory succinctly in two minutes. It's basically an easy way for someone to get a bit of fame regarding their intelligence and creativity.

http://www.discover.com/twominutesorless/

This post has been edited by El_Machinae on Mar 6 2007, 11:21 PM

Which animation of AWT should I use?

This post has been edited by Zephir on Mar 7 2007, 12:51 AM

I don't know, that's something you'll have to decide. Make a video and submit it.

How about using words for once.

Here you can found many words and animations, made up by the best experts in string theory and by using of million dollars of financial support.... Isn't it enough?
The fundamental assumptions of string theory are solely abstract, so they cannot be explained by using of string theory, only by some other, more general one. For example, the 1D strings and 2D branes are counterparts of density fluctuations of inertial environment, composed from dense particles recursively, but such explanation has nothing to do with string theory as such and it doesn't explains, what the string theory is all about. By the string theory proponents such explanation is quite unmotivated, so it's evident, the string theory has nothing to do with Aether.



This post has been edited by Zephir on Mar 8 2007, 05:47 PM