11 dimensions-myth or reality?
4 dimensional space in "Interstellar" (2014) movie I have seen recently a lot of posts on social media platforms mentioning the 11 dimensions. In most cases, these posts were misinforming and were bringing this topic in a mystical zone. But what really are the higher dimensions? According to the theory of relativity, we live in a four dimensional world (3 dimensions of space and 1 of time). There are plenty of theories which contain the higher dimensions. The most famous theories of this kind are the String Theory (requiers 10 dimensions- 9 of space and 1 of time) and the M-Theory ( a version of String Theory, requiers 11 dimensions- 10 of space and 1 of time). What do dimensions mean? The simplest way to think about dimensions is through coordinates. A point on a line (1D) needs just one coordinate (lenght), a point on a surface (2D) needs two (lenght and width), and a point in space (3D) needs three (lenght,width and height). A higher dimensional space will add new coor...
