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Dreams of a finite theory

Gabriele Veneziano · CERN

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Our present understanding of fundamental interactions is based on quantum field theory and general relativity.In spite of their respective striking successes,both frameworks suffer from conceptual difficulties. I will outline how a new approach - known as string theory - appears to solve those problems and could eventually provide an unified finite theory of all interactions..

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The talk

  1. Dreams of a finite theory 1997-08-13 · 56 min · CERN's player

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Institution
CERN
Department
CERN Summer Student Lecture Programme,1997
Speaker
Gabriele Veneziano
Year
1997
Language
English
Subjects
Physics
Source
CERN
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