I love stories like this. Back in 1887, Norwegian mathematician Sophus Lie discovered E8, a baffling 57-dimensional construct that mathematicians have been struggling with ever since… until now. Thanks to recent computer technology, a group of mathematicians have completed a map of E8 and the implications to science are staggering. Enter Garrett Lisi, a surfer and sometimes theoretical physicist, who has used the symmetries of E8 to create relatively simple and unified theory of Everything. Is E8 the shape of the universe?
The Shape Of The Universe
Or How A Surfer And A Dead Norwegian Mathemetician May Have Unlocked The Secret Of Everything
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