The Classics to the Rescue ! 2

Once again, in the last reel of a cosmological cliff-hanger, Pythagoras is called upon to save our universe.

I have previously remarked on the fact that Pythagoras' Holkos, the fifth element which contained all other elements; i.e., the container of the universe, was a 12 sided figure or dodecahedron or soccer ball.

http://fatherdaughtertalk.blogspot.com/2007/11/in-tempore-rerum-novarum.html

http://fatherdaughtertalk.blogspot.com/2007/02/football-of-pythagoras.html

It will come as no surprise, then, that within the last few years, the Pythagorean-call has gone out again for Pyhagoras to help Gotham City:

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/The_Poincare_Dodecahedral_Space_Model_Gains_Support_To_Explain_The_Shape_Of_Space_999.html

The Poincare Dodecahedral Space Model Gains Support To Explain The Shape Of Space
by Staff Writers
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 13, 2008

The last fifteen years have shown considerable growth in attempt to determine the global shape of the universe, i.e. not only the curvature of space but also its topology.

...Motivated by indications that the Universe may have positive curvature, and calculating large-angle vibrational harmonics to simulate the power spectrum, some authors of the present study had already argued in October 2003 that the multiply-connected Poincare dodecahedral space (PDS) topology was favoured by the WMAP data relative to an infinite, simply connected flat space.