Alright.... Here we go.... This is going to get messy..... M-Theory.... Please excuse any inaccuracies in this blog (and the previous one). These are very hard topics to talk about when one has rather limited knowledge. However, I find them so interesting that I feel obliged to talk about them now that I have reason to do so (they explain the beginning of our universe).
So String Theory didn't quite make the cut. There ended up being five different String Theories..... That makes no sense what so ever! So String Theory fell apart and was almost forgotten.
So now we go to our dear friend Michael Duff. A theoretical physicist who specialized in a theory called "Supergravity". Supergravity was not so different from String theory. There was one tiny difference between them that drew the line though. String Theory posed that there were 10 Dimensions while Supergravity posed 11.
Eventually String theorists became desperate, nothing was working so they did the very thing that they shunned Duff for. They added the 11th dimension.... And guess what?! It worked! Suddenly, the five String Theories became one and guess who had the last laugh? OH YEAH! MICHAEL DUFF!
But the strings..... They changed... Upon the addition of the 11th dimension the strings changed. They flattened out, they stretched, and they combined to become one giant structure, one giant membrane.
Essentially, our universe, our existence, everything we know and love, is on a single membrane.
dunh dunh dunnnnnnnhhhhh......
and so we have M-Theory (where M stands for anything you want it to be)
Now what does this eleventh dimension look like? How does it work? Well I can explain it in a few words however I find it near impossible to actually comprehend.
The 11th dimension is infinitely long but has a width of (1/1.0x10^20mm) which is really small. If you thought that was weird then you will love this. Dimension number 11 exists one trillionth of a millimeter away from every point in space..... Talk about invasion of personal space!
Its in this ridiculous space that our membrane is chillin. Have a grand old membrane party with its fellow membranes.... Woah.... Did I just say there were more membranes?!?!?!?! Does this mean.... No... It can't be..... Parallel dimensions?!?!!? Gasps..... (if you read my other posts you totally knew that already)
Yes, yes there are parallel dimensions. A dimension for every possibility, but you already knew that right? (see older posts)
I would also like to point out that M-Theory explains gravity (which gives M-Theory relevance to Astronomy). w00t!
That will be explained in my next blog for as long with some things that actually make sense...... For once!
-MrAstroWhat
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