Ep. 21 - String Theory

Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, What’s string theory? Why care? How might non-experts start to understand? How’s physics and math connected? Is math discovered or invented? and more. Website, Email Newsletter: commonscientists.com | Support Us: patreon.com/commonscientists Resources: String Theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory Theory of Everything: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_everything Theory of Everything (film on theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking): https://bit.ly/3xRoeBE “What every layperson should know about string theory” by Ethan Siegel: https://bit.ly/3vRqJlJ Michio Kaku explains string theory: https://bit.ly/2QXjOc3 Brian Greene: Making Sense of String Theory: https://bit.ly/33xvGUs The Great Ideas of Psychology by Daniel Robinson: https://adbl.co/2SCQNTn Intro to the Pythagorean Theorem: https://bit.ly/3y1ikOn Our Mathematical Universe by Max Tegmark: https://bit.ly/3bdLu3a Elon Musk Explains How to Reason Using 'First Principles' in Physics: https://bit.ly/3xZFEvR Jim Simons (mathematician and billionaire): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Simons_(mathematician) Daryl Morey (Rockets’ GM): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daryl_Morey Laplace’s demon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laplace%27s_demon Hoberman sphere: https://amzn.to/3eutRhA Dark Energy, Dark Matter: https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/what-is-dark-energy Supersymmetry: https://bit.ly/3ty0Gyk Large Hadron Collider (LHC): https://home.cern/science/accelerators/large-hadron-collider Higgs Boson (The God Particle): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson