Unifying Nature’s Laws: The State of String Theory | World Science Festival

Einstein dreamed of a unified theory of nature’s laws. String theory has long promised to deliver it: a mathematically elegant description that some have called a “theory of everything.” Join one of the most influential groups of theorists ever assembled on a single stage to evaluate the current state of this most ambitious of theories.

The Big Ideas Series is supported in part by the John Templeton Foundation.

Participants:
David Gross
Andrew Strominger
Edward Witten

Moderator:
Brian Greene

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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
02:45 - Participant introductions
04:16 - Lord Kelvin and the end of physics
10:32 - Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity
18:15 - What is Quantum Field Theory?
26:12 - 1984 and the String Theory breakthrough
32:02 - Understanding the strong nuclear force
40:18 - Summary of String theory through time
48:09 - Where are we now in the journey of String Theory?
53:55 - Can String Theory give incite on Black Holes and the Big Bang?
1:02:12 - Has String Theory inspired breakthroughs in mathematics?
1:08:40 - Anti De sitter space / conformal field theory
1:16:00 - Has thinking changed by what has been found through String Theory?
1:24:00 - Final thoughts on the current state of String Theory

Unifying Nature’s Laws: The State of String Theory
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