I found a really cheap ticket and flew to
Washington just for this lecture.
of the National Airport.
We delivered a belated Christmas present from Evelyn
(a really cool hand made table cloth for her beach
cottage). We then ate some supper before the lecture
at a Chinese restaurant in L'Enfant Plaza.
Chinese restaurant.
Agricultuer. And finally into the lecture hall which
was packed.
book with them or purchased a copy in the lobby got
the chance to have Brian Green sign it. I have
purchased two copies of each of his books:
The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos
and since I have loaned out and given away all my
copies we just walked up to the front of the
auditorium and I stood by the table while Ginny
snapped my picture.
is the The World Year of Physics.
and is in commemoration of Einstein's
five great papers. The one on the
photoelectric effect can be thought
of as launching quantum mechanics
while the one of special relativity
eventually lead to his theory of
general relativity. One of Ginny's
coworkers got me a pin (pictured
above) that is connected with this
event.
After returning to work on Thursday I got a couple of
email messages from my coworkers asking about the
lecture. One fellow wanted to know just how long
a 'string' was and here is my response:
The Size of a String
While the other fellow asked about
the concept of The 'Multiverse'.
Here is my response to that:
The Multiverse and my contribution
to all this.