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#204 – Cumrun Vafa: String Theory
Lex Fridman Podcast
What Is a Quantum Field Theory?
Physicists had to describe how electric and magnetic fields work with quantum mechanics. This was much more complicated because it's not just one point. Fields like electric and magnetic field had to be quantum, had to be described also in a wavy way. Later on that same formalism quantum field theory led to the discovery of other forces and other particles consistent with the idea of quantum mechanics.
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