54 - String Theory Part 1: What Is It?

Why This Universe?

03-10-2022 • 25 mins

Last time, we introduced the biggest open problem in theoretical physics - the problem of combining gravity with quantum mechanics. In this first part of a three-part series, we introduce the leading candidate for how to do that: String Theory.

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