String Theory
Video - : After having outlined the difficulties that Einstein and others have encountered in trying to unify our understanding of macroscopic/classical and microscopic /quantum physics, I will explain in simple terms how the latest particle theory revolution, string theory, may finally offer a surprisingly simple realization of these long-standing dreams. Einstein thought that his difficulties stemmed from a clash between the classical and the quantum. Yet, paradoxically, superstrings appear to realize his dream thanks to -and not against- quantum mechanics.
Date: 2005
Language: eng
Language: eng
Series: CERN Summer Student Lecture Programme
CERN, Geneva, 12 Aug 2005
Some knowledge of quantum mechanics and special relativity is needed. Having followed previous courses of the school should provide a sufficient background.
The video was digitized from its original recording as part of the CERN Digital Memory project
The video was reviewed and enriched with additional information.
Title: CERN Student Summer Lecture Programme : String Theory - Has Einstein's Dream Come True?
Type: Conference Speech
Keywords: Summer School,String Theory,Duality,Framework,Electromagnetism,Quantum,Photoelectric effect,QED,Einstein,General Relativity,CGR,Meta-Theory,Cosmology,Black Holes,Miracles,Einstein's Gravity,Dream,Minimal Scale,Maximal Scale,Russian Cube,Gravity,Relativity,Newtonian Gravity,Solar System,Accelerator Ring,Standard Model,Gravitational Waves,Radiative,Elementary Particles,Matter,Space-Time,Cube,Universe,CMB,Asymmetry,Dark Matter,Dark Energy,Supernova,LSS,Big-Bang,Inflation,Space,Curvature Singularities,Photon,Parameters,Fermi,Boson,Quantum Miracles,Fermions,Gauge,SUSY,Hawking Process,Big Bounce,Magnetic Fields,QCD,Vertex,Quantum spectrum,Quantum mechanics
category: Portraits of science
Date: 2005-08-12
Filmed people: Veneziano, Gabriele
Description (eng): Outline of the difficulties that Einstein and others have encountered in trying to unify our understanding of macroscopic/classical and microscopic /quantum physics, explaining how the latest particle theory revolution, string theory, may finally offer a surprisingly simple realization of these long-standing dreams. Einstein thought that his difficulties stemmed from a clash between the classical and the quantum. Yet, paradoxically, superstrings appear to realize his dream thanks to -and not against- quantum mechanics.
Physical medium: Source is Streaming video
Record created 2005-06-23, last modified 2023-10-07
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