Kaitlyn Shirey is a Physics student at Chatham. She shared this reflection on string theory – a beautiful, brief meditation on one of the coolest concepts in science!
String Theory is the most poetic piece of physics I have ever heard of. Imagine that the tiniest things that exist, smaller than the quarks in the atoms in your cells, are strings – just immeasurably small strings. This was described to me in comparison to a violin: In the same way that the vibrating strings of a violin create music, all that exists may be a product of the vibrating strings inside of our most basic particles. In other words, you are a tune, and everything that you see and feel and hear is a cosmic composition, and you can think conscious thoughts because your brain is a concerto of the universe. Your body is a choir. The cacophony of your life is a masterpiece. How will you spend your time differently knowing that today is a resonating melody?
What scientific concepts make you smile? Tell us in the comments!