As long as a piece of string.

Part of a special section on the ideas that will shape the 21st century. Physicists now believe that they have succeeded where Albert Einstein failed, that is, to develop a theory that explains everything. This theory has been termed the superstring theory, and makes the universal explicable from...

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Published in:New Statesman Vol. 133; pp. 21 - 23
Main Author: McKie, Robin
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Published: New Statesman Ltd. July 26 2004
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