In graduate school, there's a saying that you're not ready to graduate until you can explain your dissertation in three sentences or less. The trick is identifying the important elements of the story and knowing which information you can afford to leave out. Now Discover magazine is holding a contest to see who can create a video that best explains string theory in two minutes or less. If Eric Schulman can tell the history of the universe in 60 seconds, certainly someone can come up with a video explaining string theory in two minutes, right? The winning video will be selected by physics professor Brian Greene from Columbia University. What's in it for you?
You get to enjoy your 15 minutes (or less) of fame, while Discover promotes you and your video on the Discover.com homepage and in the magazine. But you better hurry. Video entries are due online by 12:00 AM EST, March 16, 2007. That's March 15th at midnight to you and me.
Comments (3)
Rules:
The video should present an
"accurate",
"basic"
"understanding"
of string theory that will "stick in the brains" of relatively intelligent non-scientists.
Only problems are the " .... "
What a farce it is to present string theory as a real thing that could be accurately described (or is even accurate) at a basic level and have anything worthwhile stick in the little darlin's brains, crowding out useful stuff.
It's not even wrong, it's criminal.
Posted by bill lama | February 9, 2007 1:54 AM
Posted on February 9, 2007 01:54
It's just a game. :)
Posted by Jackie | February 10, 2007 9:23 AM
Posted on February 10, 2007 09:23
i don't like the fact that you gotta be US and above 18 to do it ...
Posted by dolphinn | February 23, 2007 6:03 PM
Posted on February 23, 2007 18:03