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'''String theory''', (or super-string theory when coupled with [[Supersymmetry]]), is a class of models in [[theoretical physics]] which replace zero-dimensional points (particles) in four-dimensional spacetime with one-dimensional strings in an eleven-dimensional spacetime as the fundamental building block of the universe. The elusive goal is to develop a set of equations that unify all known natural forces (gravitational, electromagnetic, weak, and strong), according to some preconceived philosophical beliefs about how they ought to be unified. Leading proponents of string theory have been [[Institute for Advanced Study]]'s Edward Witten, who was a history major in college and received the [[Fields Medal]] for mathematicians (not physicists) in 1990, and [[Brian Greene]], the author of book for popular consumption called ''The Elegant Universe''. String theory has never been successfully used to generate a model of the universe resembling our own, with previously observed particles and forces in place.
'''String theory''', (or super-string theory when coupled with [[Supersymmetry]]), is a class of models in [[theoretical physics]] which replace zero-dimensional points (particles) in four-dimensional spacetime with one-dimensional strings in an eleven-dimensional spacetime as the fundamental building block of the universe. The elusive goal is to develop a set of equations that unify all known natural forces (gravitational, electromagnetic, weak, and strong), according to some preconceived philosophical beliefs about how they ought to be unified. Leading proponents of string theory have been [[Institute for Advanced Study]]'s Edward Witten, who was a history major in college and received the [[Fields Medal]] for mathematicians (not physicists) in 1990, and [[Brian Greene]], the author of book for popular consumption called ''The Elegant Universe''. String theory has never been successfully used to generate a model of the universe resembling our own, with previously observed particles and forces in place.