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What every physicist should know about string theory

Journal Article · · Physics Today
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.2980· OSTI ID:22482517
Some of nature’s rhymes—the appearance of similar structures in different areas of physics—underlie the way that string theory potentially unifies gravity with the other forces of nature and eliminates the ultraviolet divergences that plague quantum gravity.
OSTI ID:
22482517
Journal Information:
Physics Today, Journal Name: Physics Today Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 68; ISSN 0031-9228; ISSN PHTOAD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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