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The Elegant Universe

Summary A documentary examining string theory. View more details

  • 2003
  • Not Rated
  • 1h

The Elegant Universe

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Brian Greene Amanda Peet Leonard Susskind Maria Spiropulu

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8.2

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Oct 27, 2003

Countries of origin : United States United Kingdom

Official sites : WGBH/NOVA

Language : English

Filming locations : Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Production companies : Nova

Summary A documentary examining string theory. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Oct 27, 2003

Countries of origin : United States United Kingdom

Official sites : WGBH/NOVA

Language : English

Filming locations : Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Production companies : Nova

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The Elegant Universe (2003)

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Episode 1 • Oct 27, 2003
Einstein's Dream
Einstein's dream was to find a Theory of Everything that unites general relativity (the world of the large, involving the force of gravity) and quantum mechanics (the world of the small, involving the forces of strong nuclear force, electromagnetism, and weak nuclear force). Re-tracing the history of string theory, which posits that the smallest particle is a string that vibrates at a specific frequency. String theory predicts six extra dimensions, whose function may be to define the numerical constants in nature.
Episode 2 • Oct 27, 2003
String's the Thing
This episode describes the history and challenges of the creation of string theory. Remarkably, many of the breakthroughs came from mathematics and concepts developed as long as a century earlier.
Episode 3 • Nov 03, 2003
Welcome to the 11th Dimension
And now it's time to delve into string theory and the ever stranger implications it has to make about our universe.
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