Superstrings, hidden dimensions and the search for the world formula
In this fascinating three-part series, physicist and best-selling author Brian Greene presents one of the most exciting ideas ever conceived by the human mind: the long-sought "theory of everything," known as the world formula. Albert Einstein spent decades of his life searching for this holy grail of physics—and failed.
But now, the brightest minds of our time believe they have solved the mystery of the world formula – with string theory. The basic idea behind string theory is both fascinating and beautiful: everything in our world, from the smallest atoms to the most distant galaxies, is made up of unimaginably small, vibrating strands of pure energy called strings. And it is the different vibrations of these strings that determine all matter and all energy – the universe, a grandiose cosmic symphony.
