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Particles Quotes by Edward Witten
- String theory is an attempt at a deeper description of nature by thinking of an elementary particle not as a little point but as a…
- It's indeed surprising that replacing the elementary particle with a string leads to such a big change in things. I'm tempted to say that it…
- Quantum mechanics brought an unexpected fuzziness into physics because of quantum uncertainty, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. String theory does so again because a point particle…
- Having those extra dimensions and therefore many ways the string can vibrate in many different directions turns out to be the key to being able…
- Technically you need the extra dimensions. At first people didn't like them too much, but they've got a big benefit, which is that the ability…
- You have that one basic string, but it can vibrate in many ways. But we're trying to get a lot of particles because experimental physicists…
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