XKCD Comic : Unification

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XKCD Comic : Unification
« on: February 16, 2018, 12:02:07 pm »
Unification
16 February 2018, 5:00 am

For a while, some physicists worked on a theory unifying the other forces with both the force of gravity and the film

Source: xkcd.com


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Re: XKCD Comic : Unification
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2018, 01:37:10 pm »
Wonder how it is that Magnetism is classed as a Weak Force when the entire Earth is a giant Magnet? (North & South Poles). Hmm...
Perhaps it was just for Comic effect and not Cosmic effect! :2funny:
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Re: XKCD Comic : Unification
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2018, 04:48:55 pm »
It's only weak by comparison. The Strong Force is what holds elementary particles together, IIRC.

Also, any force can be powerful if you have it in sufficient quantity. The relative strength/weakness of the forces expresses how much generating matter you need to get a given effect. Or something like that.

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Re: XKCD Comic : Unification
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2018, 05:00:26 pm »
I thought gravity was a weak force - easily demonstrated by a magnet 'beating' it.

But yes I seem to recall that about particles being strong forces. Long while since I did Physics...


 


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