This painting by Dawn Meson depicts Kaluza Klein states from extra dimensions. Dawn Meson lives in the Bay Area and given her name is clearly destined to paint particle physics themes! Several of her paintings adorn the hallways here at SLAC (alas, none on the theory group floor); this one is my favorite.
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July 21st, 2006 at 7:38 pm
No paintings depicting extra dimensions adorn the hallways of the theory group floor…hmmm…Perhaps theorists do not need the crutch of artistic expression to aid them in conceptualizing extra dimensions.
July 22nd, 2006 at 12:08 am
Those of you liking these paintings might like other Klein items adorning your working or living space. The infamous Cliff Stoll seen here wearing a klein bottle scarf and his Acme company are making Klein bottles in a variety of sizes, calibrated or uncalibrated, special-order too (I like the Spiral top Kleindensor. He takes a personalized approached to his customers; I’ve always received nice notes when I buy them (I like giving them as gifts). His site is good for any possible play on the Klein bottle theme. And no, I’m not receiving kick-backs.
July 22nd, 2006 at 4:33 am
I second that, Amara! When I bought my Klein bottle in 2004 he even apologised for re-electing W.
As for the art, I am less impressed: It looks a bit like a Mathematica rendering to me. For extra-dimensional art, check out Marcel Duchamp’s Nude descending a staircase.
July 22nd, 2006 at 5:00 am
Hi JoAnne, love all Kaluza Klein states Art
That one’s gone straight into my ‘private’ collection.
However I think my favourite, gosh how does one choose among the stars in the firmament, but my favourite style of artwork and colours remains the picture in
The Hunt for Hidden Dimensions:
http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/lectures/info_2006/2006_04_25.htm
.
But that is just Me. lol!
Have a great weekend
.
July 22nd, 2006 at 10:35 am
I like Duchamp’s as well. Even Penrose needed help using Escher and the understanding of the tessellations? Other things?
A certain dependance I speculate over an “ancient thought” on lines, with regards to “shadows and light” that are interdependant?
“Quantum gravity” perspectives are a good way to proceed?
July 22nd, 2006 at 11:52 am
Hi Amara, if you like glass you might want to have a look at the wikipedia pic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass
July 22nd, 2006 at 4:33 pm
The precession of relativistic orbits makes for a pretty display. It’s not done, and I’m not sure of the accuracy, but it’s getting there:
Gravity Simulation
Carl
July 23rd, 2006 at 5:53 am
Thanks Q, that glass work is lovely!
July 23rd, 2006 at 7:22 am
Hi Amara, you are welcome!
Thought you’d like it.
I owed you one so to speak.
.
July 23rd, 2006 at 5:09 pm
I have a Picture, of my idea of what a blackhole is like, it’s computer art. I’ve toned down the colours a little, well… A lot really, but it still has complex patterns. May look like, there is nothing to see at first. Don’t stare at it too long.
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3739/3174/1600/strangletjpg.jpg
Qubit
July 23rd, 2006 at 7:28 pm
This art remind me of the minimal surfaces graphed at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI)
http://www.msri.org/about/sgp/jim/geom/minimal/index.html
Maybe David Hestenes [ASU] is correct “complex phase factors have a physical origin that has noting [sp] to do with probability per se” in ‘The Kinematic Origin of Complex Wave Functions’!
http://modelingnts.la.asu.edu/pdf/Kinematic.pdf
Can spinors be composed sequentially into twistors that may resemble the noncommutative geometry of Alain Connes?
July 27th, 2006 at 1:23 pm
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