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What are the Strings in String Theory?

PBS Space Time · Season 2018 · Episode 36
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?

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Season
2018
Episode
36
Air Date
18/Oct/2018
Air Time
12:00
Runtime
17 min

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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?

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