Re: This Week's Finds in Mathematical Physics (Week 262)

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From: Pentcho Valev
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:54

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On Apr 7, 5:54 am, b...@math.removethis.ucr.andthis.edu (John Baez)
wrote:
> In article <47F0069F.7630F...@hate.spam.net>,
> Uncle Al  <Uncle...@hate.spam.net> wrote:
>
> >Ribbons of chemically defined graphene are trivially synthesized by
> >the quadrillions (R lends solublity),
>
> > http://www.coronene.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/polymer.png
>
> Cool!  Do you know a reference besides that picture?

Yes:

http://www.edge.org/q2008/q08_5.html
John Baez (Fat Rat making career based on schizophrenic science and
then leaving the sinking ship): "On the one hand we have the Standard
Model, which tries to explain all the forces except gravity, and takes
quantum mechanics into account.  On the other hand we have General
Relativity, which tries to explain gravity, and does not take quantum
mechanics into account. Both theories seem to be more or less on the
right track -- but until we somehow fit them together, or completely
discard one or both, our picture of the world will be deeply
schizophrenic......I realized I didn't have enough confidence in
either theory to engage in these heated debates.  I also realized that
there were other questions to work on: questions where I could
actually tell when I was on the right track, questions where
researchers cooperate more and fight less.  So, I eventually decided
to quit working on quantum gravity."

Pentcho Valev
pvalev@yahoo.com

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