On the Origin and Evolution of the Universe: Chaos or Cosmos?
On the Origin and Evolution of the Universe: Chaos or Cosmos?
On the Origin and Evolution of the Universe: Chaos or Cosmos?
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String The<strong>or</strong>ySome <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> scholars in physicsare w<strong>or</strong>king on a new <strong>the</strong><strong>or</strong>y <strong>of</strong>space, time, <strong>and</strong> matter, called "string<strong>the</strong><strong>or</strong>y", that may help us betterunderst<strong>and</strong> where <strong>the</strong> universe camefrom.String <strong>the</strong><strong>or</strong>y is based on new ideasthat have not yet been tested. The<strong>the</strong><strong>or</strong>y assumes, f<strong>or</strong> example, that <strong>the</strong>basic particles in nature are not pointparticles, but are shaped like strings.Interaction in <strong>the</strong> subatomic w<strong>or</strong>ld: w<strong>or</strong>ldlines <strong>of</strong> point-like particles in <strong>the</strong> St<strong>and</strong>ardModel <strong>or</strong> a w<strong>or</strong>ld sheet swept up by closedstrings in string <strong>the</strong><strong>or</strong>ySRC, Warsaw, 3 October 2013 14
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