String Theory Art
String theorists turn to art with an invisible sculpture in curled-up extra dimensions, and the art world loves it.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2020-03-13-string-theory-art/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
"Unable to make scientific progress, string theorists turned to art." A: "Here's the four-dimensional sculpture I told you about!" B: "Um… where?"
"They found immediate success." A: "Oh, did I forget to mention? The four dimensions are the 5th, 7th, 8th, and 10th, each of which is curled up into an invisibly tiny circle." B: "Wow. I've never seen materiality so wonderfully problematized."