Re: How could extra dimensions be tested?

"PD" <TheDraperFam...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"STJensen" <RecreationalPo...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Dr. V I Plankenstein" <Plankenste...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Scott Jensen wrote:
I hear about lower and higher dimensions, but I wonder if any
scientist is currently trying to come up with a way to see if they
exist.

There are many people trying to understand this...

Who? Which institute/university?

They're all over the place. If you want to read two popular-
consumption books that say something about how we might be able to
tell if those dimensions are there, I would recommend Brian Greene's
"Elegant Universe" and Lisa Randall's "Warped Passages", both
available in used book stores. Greene is at Columbia, Randall is at
Harvard.
Other slavish workers in this arena who have also written on this
subject
Ed Witten (Princeton IAS)
Lenny Susskind (Stanford)
Lee Smolin (Perimeter Institute)
Jim Gates (Univ. Maryland)
John Schwarz (Caltech)

Has any of the above scientist proposed a possible way (theoretical is
fine) to prove extra dimensions? If so, who and what was the test?

I watched the "Elegant Universe" on PBS and don't recall it ever
suggesting such a possible test. DId Greene do so in his book?

Scott


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