In This Topic Meeting the founders of string theory Rising to the challenge: A new generation of string theorists Branching out to make string theory popular among nonphysicists No new theory can develop without dedicated scientists working hard to refine and interpret it. Throughout this topic, you read about some of the pioneering work in […]
Seen by many as the leading thinker of string theory, Witten introduced the concept of M-theory in 1995 as a way to consolidate the existing string theories into one comprehensive theory. Witten’s work in string theory also included the 1984 application of Calabi-Yau manifolds to explain the compactification of the extra dimensions. In 1951, Witten […]