Calabi-Yau Manifold Crystal
Holiday shopping can be tough. Holiday shopping for that special someone can be tougher—especially if that someone happens to be a theoretical physicist. Luckily, for the brainiac who has everything there’s this beautiful Calabi-Yau Manifold crystal.
But what is it, you ask? Why, put simply, it’s a great representation of something we primitive humans will never be able to observe directly:
According to string theory, space-time is not four-dimensional as you might expect, but actually 10-dimensional. The extra six dimensions are believed to be compactified or rolled up into such a small space that they are unobservable at human scales of sight….
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