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Why do we bother with String theory?

Explore the fascinating concepts of string theory, a fundamental framework in modern physics that describes how the universe is built from tiny, vibrating strings. This video delves into the ...
If you could take an apple and break it into smaller and smaller parts, you would find molecules, then atoms, followed by ...
In this video, we explore the relationship between string theory and quantum field theory (QFT). QFT is a mathematical ...
Tenets of quantum mechanics and special relativity, among other theoretical ideas, lead inexorably to string theory.
In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called "Is the end in sight for theoretical physics?" Forty-five years later, ...
Scientists seeking the secrets of the universe would like to make a model that shows how all of nature’s forces and particles fit together. It would be nice to do it with Legos. But perhaps a better ...
The idea of String Theory is that our Universe came from a higher-dimensional, more symmetric, more complex state with an enormous number of degrees of freedom. In order for String Theory to be solved ...