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| Zanthius |
 Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:14 am |
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Why do particle physicists think that elementary particles are 0-
dimensional points, or 1-dimensional strings?
I don't understand how any object can occupy less than 3 dimensions,
in 3 dimensional space.
Are you certain that the elementary particles are not cubical or
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| Al.Rivero@gmail.com |
| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:07 pm |
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On 20 feb, 20:14, Zanthius <zanthius_of_d...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Quote: Why do particle physicists think that elementary particles are 0-
dimensional points, or 1-dimensional strings?
I don't understand how any object can occupy less than 3 dimensions,
in 3 dimensional space.
Ok. It is becayse they are not objects, then. |
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