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Black Holes: #5 Fuzzballs

February 5, 2019by Mekhi Dhesi 4 Comments

A post explaining the fuzzball, believed by string theorists to be the true quantum description of a black hole. The theory seeks to resolve the famous information paradox and eliminate the existence of troublesome singularities at the centre of black holes.

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Astrophysics, Mathematics, Physics, Science

How long is a piece of string?

March 30, 2017by Joe 48 Comments

A brief introduction to the biggest contender for a unified theory – a 2000 word introduction to string theory requiring no mathematics.

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Physics, Science

Topologically speaking

September 29, 2016by Joe 7 Comments

Manifolds are a wonderful embodiment of how a mathematical construct can reveal so much about the world around us.

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Mathematics, Physics, Science

The Little Book of String Theory

January 19, 2016by Joe 9 Comments

This post is essentially a quick recommendation for a book. For some reason (I am not sure if error or intentional) the book seems to have been made available online […]

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Physics, Science

Warmth in the darkest of places

January 10, 2016by Joe 29 Comments

Black holes have been a source of fascination for physicists and science generalists for years. There is no way to actually observe what happens in a black hole, due to […]

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Physics, Science

The beauty of being the same

December 24, 2015by Joe 14 Comments

As is the case with many of the important things in the universe, they pass by without due consideration. Today we muse over a funny old thing – symmetry. The […]

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Mathematics, Physics, Science

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