• DOI:10.1017/9781108671224.023
Corpus ID: 119280249

String theory to the rescue

@article{Polchinski2015StringTT,
  title={String theory to the rescue},
  author={J. Polchinski},
  journal={arXiv: High Energy Physics - Theory},
  year={2015}
}

J. Polchinski

Published 2015

Physics

arXiv: High Energy Physics - Theory

The search for a theory of quantum gravity faces two great challenges: the incredibly small scales of the Planck length and time, and the possibility that the observed constants of nature are in part the result of random processes. A priori, one might have expected these to be insuperable obstacles. However, clues from observed physics, and the discovery of string theory, raise the hope that the unication of quantum mechanics and general relativity is within reach. Prepared for the meeting \Why… CONTINUE READING

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