Overview
Part 2, "String's the Thing," opens with a whimsical scene in a movie theater in which the history of the universe runs backwards to the Big Bang, the moment at which general relativity and quantum mechanics both came into play, and therefore the point at which our conventional model of reality breaks down. Then it's string theory to the rescue as Greene describes the steps that led from a forgotten 200-year-old mathematical formula to the first glimmerings of strings—quivering strands of energy whose different vibrations give rise to quarks, electrons, photons, and all other elementary particles. Strings are truly tiny, being smaller than an atom by the same factor that a tree is smaller than the solar system. But, as Greene explains, they are able to combine the laws of the large and the laws of the small into a proposal for a single, harmonious theory of everything.
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31 - 1Infinite Secrets September 30, 2003 -
31 - 2Who Killed the Red Baron? October 07, 2003 -
31 - 3The Elegant Universe: Einstein's Dream (1) October 28, 2003 -
31 - 4The Elegant Universe: String's the Thing (2) October 28, 2003 -
31 - 5The Elegant Universe: Welcome to the 11th Dimension (3) November 04, 2003 -
31 - 6Wright Brothers' Flying Machine November 11, 2003 -
31 - 7Magnetic Storm November 18, 2003 -
31 - 8Volcano Above the Clouds November 25, 2003 -
31 - 9MARS Dead or Alive January 04, 2004 -
31 - 10Secrets of the Crocodile Caves January 20, 2004 -
31 - 11Dogs and More Dogs February 03, 2004 -
31 - 12Descent Into the Ice February 10, 2004 -
31 - 13Crash of Flight 111 February 17, 2004 -
31 - 14Life and Death in the War Zone March 02, 2004 -
31 - 15Hunt for the Supertwister March 30, 2004 -
31 - 16World in the Balance: The People Paradox (1) April 20, 2004 -
31 - 17World in the Balance: China Revs Up (2) April 20, 2004 -
31 - 18Battle Plan Under Fire May 04, 2004
