Suggest a topic for me to write an essay about?

In summary, the conversation revolved around a high school student's inquiry about writing an extended essay for the IB program. They were interested in string theory, but were unsure if it would be too difficult for them. The other person suggested that string theory has easily explainable material and also recommended looking into quantum physics. The student was also advised to have original ideas in their essay and not just reiterate existing theories. However, due to the requirement of obtaining quantitative results, they were looking for other science topics to consider.
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Hey
I am in high school and I have to write and extended essay (4000 words with sources) for the IB program. I was thinking about writing something about string theory. After watching The Elegant Universe, I was pretty interested. Would string theory be too hard for a high school student like me? What other science topics can I consider?
 
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String would be good. There's a lot of easily fairly easily explainable material there. You could go about quantum physics in general too. The philosophical side is good stuff.
 
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Could you give me an example of easily explanable material on string theory? Maybe I could focus on a small area. I don't really have much knowledge of string theory at the moment. I've only watched Nova's The Elegant Universe, and I'm very interested.
 
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You can't focus on a small area. You could if you were to describe it mathematically. But by words, you can only cover things superficially.
 
  • #6
An essay should really have original ideas in it. Just reiterating the state of the art in string theory is perhaps not what your teacher had in mind...?
 
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Thanks for all your suggestions, but my teacher just said that I must do something where I can obtain quantitative results, so basically all theories are cut. Any other suggestions?
 

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