But in a new video from Big Think, Brian Greene, a string theorist from Columbia University, offers up a relatively simple ...

pt. 1. edge of knowledge -- ch. 1. Tied up with string -- pt. 2. Dilemma of space, time, and the quanta -- ch. 2. Space, time, and the eye of the beholder -- ch. 3. Of warps and ripples -- ch. 4.

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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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String theory found its origins in an attempt to understand the nascent experiments revealing the strong nuclear force. Eventually another theory, one based on particles called quarks and force ...

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I know there are more than a few theoretical physics geeks (and pros) here. I can't find details on their site, but I was listening to NPR on my way back to work. Apparently tomorrow's Science Friday ...