NOVA: String theory's great claim to fame is that it unifies the four forces. Why is unification so important? Weinberg: Unification is where it's at. The whole aim of fundamental physics is to ...

Classroom Activity for the NOVA program Elegant Universe, The: Einstein's Dream: In A New Building Block?, students learn about a new theoretical fundamental unit -- a string -- and explore how ...

String theory is perhaps the most high-profile candidate for what physicists call a theory of everything – a single ...

MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA / ACCESS Newswire / August 26, 2025 / The Tripathi Foundation Inc. today announced the release of a ...

String theory has long been presented as physicists' best candidate for describing the fundamental nature of the Universe. Yet, at the beginning of the 21st century, it became apparent that most ...

The elegant universe : superstrings, hidden dimensions, and the quest for the ultimate theory / Brian Greene Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Object Details Author Greene, B (Brian) 1963- Contents ...

A new understanding inspired by string theory shows that our universe may be more stable than we previously thought.

Stanford math professor Keith Devlin talks about two new books that call into question the entire idea of string theory. The theory states that tiny vibrating strings make up everything, but some ...