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Could any of you clever people answer me this.. Whenever I have read a 'popular' book on string theory, I get the impression that the strings themselves aren't nessecary. They are described as a vibrating string that wraps around a folded dimension, and so say an electron is particular type of vibration on a string. Saying there is a string, just leads to questions like 'whats the string made of?' So, why does there 'need' to be a string, can it not be described as just a vibrating folded dimension?
(obviously I'd prefer a laymans explanation:) If is comes down to 'it's required by the math and can't work without them' I'd be happy with that.)
(obviously I'd prefer a laymans explanation:) If is comes down to 'it's required by the math and can't work without them' I'd be happy with that.)