11 dimensions!



Elegant Universe (hat tip to my blog buddy over at TTC) was broadcast on PBS the other night. I set the VCR and will again next week as the documentry on the latest theories on the universe are discussed.

As somebody who barely passed 1 year of physics lite (Physics for life science majors) and 4 quarters of calculus, I've really enjoyed these kinds of documentries that try to make the arcane world of Cosmology and Astrophysics accessible.
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