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?” Hawking, who later became my ...
String theory—the idea that particles are not point-like, but instead one-dimensional strings—is a popular theoretical framework that attempts to combine general relativity and quantum field theory ...
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The battle for reality: String theory vs quantum field theory
In this video, we explore the relationship between string theory and quantum field theory (QFT). QFT is a mathematical ...
A decade ago astrophysicists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), operated by the California Institute of Technology and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ...
Jon Cartwright points out “that string theory was so flexible it could describe a truly vast array of fantastical universes. Something like 10 500 in fact – a number so huge it belied any physical ...
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