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In physics, string theoryis a theoretical frameworkin which the point-like particlesof particle physicsare replaced by one-dimensionalobjects called strings. String theory describes how these strings propagate through space and interact with each other. On distance scales larger than the string scale, a string looks just like an ordinary ...
1943–1959: S-matrix theory. String theory represents an outgrowth of S-matrix theory, [1] a research program begun by Werner Heisenberg in 1943 [2] following John Archibald Wheeler 's 1937 introduction of the S-matrix. [3] Many prominent theorists picked up and advocated S-matrix theory, starting in the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s.
String art, created with thread and paper. A string art representing a projection of the 8-dimensional 4 21 polytope. Quadratic Béziers in string art: The end points (•) and control point (×) define the quadratic Bézier curve (⋯). The arc is a segment of a parabola. String art or pin and thread art, is characterized by an arrangement of ...
Leonard Susskind. Leonard Susskind (/ ˈsʌskɪnd /; born June 16, 1940) [ 2 ][ 3 ] is an American theoretical physicist, Professor of theoretical physics at Stanford University and founding director of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics. His research interests are string theory, quantum field theory, quantum statistical mechanics ...
Website. ias.edu /sns /witten. Edward Witten (born August 26, 1951) is an American theoretical physicist known for his contributions to string theory, topological quantum field theory, and various areas of mathematics. He is a professor emeritus in the school of natural sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. [ 4 ]
Jeffrey A. Harvey. Jeffrey A. Harvey (born February 15, 1955, in San Antonio, Texas) is an American string theorist at the University of Chicago.
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory is a book by Brian Greene published in 1999, which introduces string and superstring theory, and provides a comprehensive though non-technical assessment of the theory and some of its shortcomings. In 2000, it won the Royal Society Prize for Science ...
Gabriele Veneziano. Gabriele Veneziano (/ ˌvɛnətsiˈænoʊ /; [citation needed]Italian: [venetˈtsjaːno]; born 7 September 1942) [ 1 ] is an Italian theoretical physicist widely considered the father of string theory. [ 2 ][ 3 ] He has conducted most of his scientific activities at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, and held the Chair of ...