In this video pencast, theorist Delia Schwartz-Perlov explains what physicists are really talking about when they talk about extra dimensions of space. Could our universe actually contain unseen dimensions, and could these extra dimensions help unify quantum theory and gravity?
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Taking on String Theory’s 10-D Universe with 8-D Math
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Imagining Other Dimensions
Journey from a two-dimensional “flatland” to the ten- (or more) dimensional world of superstring theory in this illustrated essay.
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