The Criterion for a Unified Field Theory

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You're one of the earliest to work on string theory, and you're apparently still working on it. How do you balance that? Well, string theory is very pictoral, and that's why it shears a lot with einstein. And i did most of the great work while i was in the united states army. I could turn strings inside out, because it's very pictorial. You can also pictures at in capitolate the dynamics of interacking strings.

Synthesizing relativity and quantum theory would be the crowning achievement of science, a profound merging of all the forces of nature into one beautiful, magnificent equation to unlock the deepest mysteries in science. In this episode, Michael Shermer speaks with professor of theoretical physics Michio Kaku about: the Big Bang, black holes, worm holes, the multiverse, time travel, dark energy and dark matter, gravity, string theory, ETIs, meaning, and God.