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The Graph, Wall, Tome project demonstrates that these resources exist and already cover much of the necessary ground, but also that they are still flawed and need refinement. Edward Witten, perhaps the most intelligent living physicist, wrote a paragraph in 1987 (from his address at the International Congress of Mathematicians, Berkeley, August 1986) that linguistically encodes and abstracts the most basic structures underlying physics, such that their function can still be understood even if the particular equation may change. This is the '''Graph'''. Jim Simmons, billionaire physicist, commissioned the iconic Wall at State University of New York Stony Brook which has inscribed upon it the equations of what Witten says in addition to some of the most important mathematical and physical results. This is the '''Wall'''. Sir Roger Penrose, Nobel laureate and intellectual descendant of Albert Einstein’s school of geometric physics, wrote a book titled ''The Road to Reality'', which describes and summarizes how to use the mathematics and physics contained within the Wall and the Graph. This is the '''Tome'''. | The Graph, Wall, Tome project demonstrates that these resources exist and already cover much of the necessary ground, but also that they are still flawed and need refinement. Edward Witten, perhaps the most intelligent living physicist, wrote a paragraph in 1987 (from his address at the International Congress of Mathematicians, Berkeley, August 1986) that linguistically encodes and abstracts the most basic structures underlying physics, such that their function can still be understood even if the particular equation may change. This is the '''Graph'''. Jim Simmons, billionaire physicist, commissioned the iconic Wall at State University of New York Stony Brook which has inscribed upon it the equations of what Witten says in addition to some of the most important mathematical and physical results. This is the '''Wall'''. Sir Roger Penrose, Nobel laureate and intellectual descendant of Albert Einstein’s school of geometric physics, wrote a book titled ''The Road to Reality'', which describes and summarizes how to use the mathematics and physics contained within the Wall and the Graph. This is the '''Tome'''. | ||
Beyond Graph, Wall, Tome is the Search, the search for a theory of everything. Graph, Wall, Tome should not be confused for the Search, and the Search should not be confused for Graph, Wall, Tome. Ventures that may be considered part of the search are String Theory, Loop Quantum Gravity, Garrett Lisi's E8, and [[Eric Weinstein|Eric Weinstein's]] [[Geometric Unity]].<!-- Graph, Wall, Tome is a necessary road to begin the Search. --> | |||
Already in these objects together is enough information to begin a serious study of physics at its most fundamental level and comprehend the deep connections between mathematics and physics. Yet, almost no one knows or seeks them. Further still, as recently as the 1950s we were confused about the structure of the universe: we didn't know the world is left-right asymmetric, and we didn't know the Aharonov-Bohm effect, which demonstrated that the electromagnetic field is less important than the electromagnetic potential. As recently as the mid-1970s, Jim Simmons and C.N. Yang showed that particle theory is completely geometric. Both of these developments are little known among the public. That the Graph, Wall, and Tome and these recent foundational developments are unknown is evidence that something is off in how we communicate science. | Already in these objects together is enough information to begin a serious study of physics at its most fundamental level and comprehend the deep connections between mathematics and physics. Yet, almost no one knows or seeks them. Further still, as recently as the 1950s we were confused about the structure of the universe: we didn't know the world is left-right asymmetric, and we didn't know the Aharonov-Bohm effect, which demonstrated that the electromagnetic field is less important than the electromagnetic potential. As recently as the mid-1970s, Jim Simmons and C.N. Yang showed that particle theory is completely geometric. Both of these developments are little known among the public. That the Graph, Wall, and Tome and these recent foundational developments are unknown is evidence that something is off in how we communicate science. | ||
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