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Sciencegate Michaelmas 09

an excerpt of 'Are Strings the Thing?'

'Since the dawn of scientific intrigue and discovery, man has sought to answer the question: "How does the universe work?"

In the early 20th century, two theories were born which came very close to answering this central question: quantum mechanics and relativity. There is just one problem: the two theories are incompatible. And so the search continued.

However, many finally believe that a theory of everything has been discovered, and it may be the most mathematically elegant theory of all time: superstring theory.'

The rest of this article is available in the Michaelmas 2009 edition of Sciencegate. Download a copy of the magazine here.

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