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coming next Tuesday(?) on your PBS station:
PBS WGBH NOVA The Elegant Universe --->
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/
This is based largely on Brian Greene and his book, no doubt. ST, or rather SST, is coming up to something of an anniversary (35 years), I reckon.
The original idea was hoisted in the 1970s, got cooking in the 1980s (string revolution #1) and got kicked upstairs in the 1990s (string revolution #2).
Frankly, I've always been disappointed that no one ever shows a graphic of the vibration modes for an electron, up quark and photon (not even a rough cartoon version). Nevertheless, happy anniversary, you strung-out sweeties!
A Brief History of String Theory --->
http://superstringtheory.com/history/history4.html
(unfortunately, Pat Schwartz's multimedia history movie is gone)
PBS WGBH NOVA The Elegant Universe --->
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/
This is based largely on Brian Greene and his book, no doubt. ST, or rather SST, is coming up to something of an anniversary (35 years), I reckon.
The original idea was hoisted in the 1970s, got cooking in the 1980s (string revolution #1) and got kicked upstairs in the 1990s (string revolution #2).
Frankly, I've always been disappointed that no one ever shows a graphic of the vibration modes for an electron, up quark and photon (not even a rough cartoon version). Nevertheless, happy anniversary, you strung-out sweeties!
A Brief History of String Theory --->
http://superstringtheory.com/history/history4.html
(unfortunately, Pat Schwartz's multimedia history movie is gone)