String Theory, at 20, Explains It All (or Not). Dennis Overbye.
by Overbye, Dennis; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 41Science. Publisher: New York Times, 2004ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): M-theory | Physicists | Quantum gravity | Quantum theory | String models | Unified field theories | Universe -- StructureDDC classification: 050 Summary: "They all laughed 20 years ago. It was then that a physicist named John Schwarz jumped up on the stage during a cabaret at the physics center...and began babbling about having discovered a theory that could explain everything....He and his collaborator, Dr. Michael Green, now at Cambridge University, had just finished a calculation that would change the way physics was done. They had shown that it was possible for the first time to write down a single equation that could explain all the laws of physics, all the forces of nature--the proverbial 'theory of everything' that could be written on a T-shirt." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article explains string theory and discusses how it "has led to a revolution in our view of the universe."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: String Theory, at 20, Explains It All (or Not), Dec. 7, 2004; pp. D1+.
"They all laughed 20 years ago. It was then that a physicist named John Schwarz jumped up on the stage during a cabaret at the physics center...and began babbling about having discovered a theory that could explain everything....He and his collaborator, Dr. Michael Green, now at Cambridge University, had just finished a calculation that would change the way physics was done. They had shown that it was possible for the first time to write down a single equation that could explain all the laws of physics, all the forces of nature--the proverbial 'theory of everything' that could be written on a T-shirt." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article explains string theory and discusses how it "has led to a revolution in our view of the universe."
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