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Article #4883Re: Compelling Mysteries (II)
From: Mark E. Horning (Captain Neutrin...
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 14:43
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 14:43
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firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth) states >Well, thudding in company with Mr Bass, here are a few of my 'mysteries' > >(a) We had atoms, then subatomic particles, then quarks. Is there an >ultimate structure of matter, or will we find more and more fine structure >for ever? What ever happened to string theory? > > >(c) Are there magnetic monopoles? More importantly, is there a way to >decide this other than by hunting for monopoles - some simpler experiment >that will disprove one model or the other? > Hope so, they'd be neat. Dirac's equations show they can exist, but i can't think of any way short of finding one to prove it. Maybe Caltech will get lucky with that mountain they holowed out in Italy. Mark E. Horning, Physics A penny saved is a congressional oversite. mhorning@pan.calpoly.edu Don't steal, the IRS hates competition. The meek can _have_ the Earth, the rest of us are going to the stars.(Heinlein) *** H. Ross Perot in '96 ***
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ogicse!psgrain!charnel!rat!zeus!mhorning From: mhorning@zeus.calpoly.edu (Mark E. Horning (Captain Neutrino)) Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: Compelling Mysteries (II) Keywords: compelling, mysteries, partridges and pear trees Message-ID: <1992Nov11.144347.122868@zeus.calpoly.edu> Date: 11 Nov 92 14:43:47 GMT Article-I.D.: zeus.1992Nov11.144347.122868 References: <1992Nov10.151421.11274@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1992Nov10.183620.483@sei.cmu.edu> Organization: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Lines: 23