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The Elegant Universe: Part 3

Will experimental particle physics confirm the wild predictions of string theory?

Aired 11/03/2003 | Rating TV-G

NOVA

The Elegant Universe: Part 3

Season 30 Episode 14 | 53m 6sVideo has Closed Captions

Will experimental particle physics confirm the wild predictions of string theory?

Brian Greene shows how Edward Witten of Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study, aided by others, revolutionized string theory by successfully uniting the five different versions into a single theory that is cryptically named "M-theory," a development that requires a total of eleven dimensions.

Aired 11/03/2003 | Rating TV-G

Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS viewers. Original funding provided by Microsoft, Sprint, the Park Foundation, the National Science Foundation,...

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NOVA

The Elegant Universe: Part 3

Season 30 Episode 14 | 53m 6sVideo has Closed Captions

Brian Greene shows how Edward Witten of Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study, aided by others, revolutionized string theory by successfully uniting the five different versions into a single theory that is cryptically named "M-theory," a development that requires a total of eleven dimensions.

Aired 11/03/2003 | Rating TV-G

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Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS viewers. Original funding provided by Microsoft, Sprint, the Park Foundation, the National Science Foundation,...

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