What are the Strings in String Theory?

October 18, 2018
17 min
Season 2018 - Episode 36: What are the Strings in String Theory?

Season 2018 - Episode 36: What are the Strings in String Theory?

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Overview

Why strings? What are they made of? How did physicists even come up with this bizarre idea? And what’s all this nonsense of extra dimensions?

Episode Information

TV Show

PBS Space Time

Season

Season 2018

Episode Number

36

Air Date

October 18, 2018

Runtime

17 minutes