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String Theory - Even if it is not true, it is well-conceived.

Name: String Theory - Even if it is not true, it is well-conceived.
Start: 2013-12-13T08:00:00+00:00
End: 2013-12-13T09:00:00+00:00
Location: G O Jones

by Prof. Massimo Bianchi (Universita' di Roma, "Tor Vergata")

Friday 13 Dec 2013, 08:00 → 09:00 GB

GOJ Lecture Theatre (G O Jones)

GOJ Lecture Theatre

G O Jones

Mile End, London

Description

I will review the present status of String Theory. I start with its drawbacks, including the difficulty of any direct experimental test in the near future. I then explain its achievements as well as its interconnections with gauge theories, statistical mechanics and cosmology, before and after the discovery of the holographic correspondence.