What Is String Theory?

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By Adam Mann, Live Science Contributor | March 20, 2019 10:37am ET

String theory is an attempt to unite the two pillars of 20th century physics — quantum mechanics and Albert Einstein's theory of relativity — with an overarching framework that can explain all of physical reality. It tries to do so by positing that particles are actually one-dimensional, string-like entities whose vibrations determine the particles' properties, such as their mass and charge.

This counterintuitive idea was first developed in the 1960s and '70s, when strings were used to model data coming out of subatomic colliders in Europe, according to a website about string theory created by the University of Oxford and the British Royal Society. Strings provided an elegant mathematical way of describing the strong force, one of the four fundamental forces in the universe, which holds together atomic nuclei. [8 Ways You Can See Einstein's Theory of Relativity in Real Life]

The topic remained marginal for many years, until the "string theory revolution" in 1984, when theoreticians Michael Green and John Schwarz produced equations that showed how strings avoided certain inconsistencies plaguing models that described particles as point-like objects, according to the University of Cambridge.

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2. So its not about cheese? Damn!!!

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3. Thank you so much Judi Lynn!

As a regular reader of DU (previously just a lurker), I can’t tell you how great I feel after I read your posts. There is obviously more happening in the universe and the world of science than the minutiae that afflicts our daily lives.
Keep up the good work.

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4. Not that I understand it now, but during my soul trip, the basis of a lot was vibration,

frequency. So, I would agree with at least that part of the theory.