A Fascination with Water and Waves
"I'm sitting a the edge of a pool. Somebody dives in. I think of the waves that are formed in the water.
When lots of people dive in the pool there's a great choppiness with all the waves moving in the water.
And to think that it's possible - maybe- that in those waves there's a clue to what's happening in the pool. That some sort of insect, or something with sufficient cleverness could sit in the corner of the pool and just be disturbed by the waves, and by the nature of the irregularities and bumpiness of the waves have figured out who jumped in where and when - and what's happening all over the pool".
These are the words of Richard Feynman from an interview in 1983. Feynman was one of the greatest minds of the 20th century. A theoretical physicist, he was relentlessly driven by a curiosity to know more about the nuts and bolts that make up our universe, and was continually asking questions.
How much do we really understand about the physical constructs of our universe? The recent discovery that water is comprised of two completely different constructs, each battling for supremacy in the matrix would surely be of intense interest to Feynman if he were with us today to contemplate this revelation and almost certainly contribute to a better understanding of the phenomenon.
