this is Ira FL and you're listening to NPR Science Friday joining us today by phone from his office in Pasadena California is Dr Sheldon Cooper oh this is going to be a w thanks for being with us today Dr Cooper my pleasure Ira now let's talk about magnetic monopoles can you explain to our audience just what a monopole is of course first consider an ordinary magnet which has as even the most uneducated in your audience must know two poles a North and South Pole if you cut that in half you have two smaller magnets each
with its own North and South Pole uh Dr Cooper I think there might be something wrong with our connection no I hear you fine as I was saying an ordinary magnet has Two Poles the primary characteristic of a monopole is that it has only one pole hence monopole a requirement for strength Theory or M Theory if you will is the existence of monopole I myself L an expedition to the Arctic Circle in search of set particles Cy I found the nozzle I'm going to kill you
