"Having those extra dimensions and therefore many ways……" — Edward Witten
"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 to describe all the particles that we see."
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31 Quotes by Edward Witten
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You enter a completely new world where things aren't at all what you're used to.
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String theory is an attempt at a deeper description of nature by thinking of an elementary particle not as a…
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We know a lot of things, but what we don't know is a lot more.
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I have a much easier time imagining how we would understand the big bang, even though we can't do it…
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M stands for Magic, Mystery, or Matrixaccording to taste
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As far as extra dimensions are concerned, very tiny extra dimensions wouldn't be perceived in everyday life, just as atoms…
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So when you ask me how string theory might be tested, I can tell you what's likely to happen at…
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There was a long history of speculation that in quantum gravity, unlike Einstein's classical theory, it might be possible for…
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I wouldn't have thought that a wrong theory should lead us to understand better the ordinary quantum field theories or…
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One of the basic things about a string is that it can vibrate in many different shapes or forms, which…
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It's indeed surprising that replacing the elementary particle with a string leads to such a big change in things. I'm…
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In Einstein's general relativity the structure of space can change but not its topology. Topology is the property of something…
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