Poor Surfer/Snowboarder with a PhD May Have Discovered the Shape of the Universe
"Some incredibly beautiful stuff falls out of Lisi's theory. This must be more than coincidence and he really is touching on something profound."
The next Albert Einstein may be a poor, 39-year-old surfer and snowboarder with a PhD named Garrett Lisi. According to several recent reports, the physicist has developed an incredibly simple theory about how the fundamental forces of nature relate to each other. It is called the Grand Unified Theory and scientists are giving it rave reviews.
"I think our universe is this beautiful shape," says Lisi, referring to his unique model of the universe. It almost looks like a kaleidoscope, and is indeed fascinating when one contemplates the power and design that emanates from the center.
Roger Highfield, writing for The New Scientist said "Lisi's inspiration lies in the most elegant and intricate shape known to mathematics, called E8—a complex, eight-dimensional mathematical pattern with 248 points first found in 1887, but only fully understood by mathematicians this year."
David Ritz Finkelstein at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, said, "Some incredibly beautiful stuff falls out of Lisi's theory. This must be more than coincidence and he really is touching on something profound."
