what are the five superstring theories, and why do they need to be united by the M-theory??? (in laymans terms if possible!)
2007-04-09 08:30:04 · 4 answers · asked by Loki 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Once upon a time I saw a wonderful program, I think it was on the Discovery Channel or perhaps it was a Horizon broadcast, which explained all about the String Theory, the SuperString Theories and alike, i'm going to see if I can track something down for it.
In the mean time, have a watch of these series of films called String's The Thing on YouTube. Theres 5 in total:
I: http://youtube.com/watch?v=_YpRyKbeIz8
II: http://youtube.com/watch?v=-nfBKE2u6bo
III: http://youtube.com/watch?v=p-cmO7TW78o
IV: http://youtube.com/watch?v=6WFD7BagKwk
V: http://youtube.com/watch?v=syNJs6PSpZQ
2007-04-09 10:10:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wikipedia gives a great explanation to the superstring theories. check it out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstring
2007-04-09 08:34:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The five theories all turned out to be the same when they added unifying terms, it pretty much turned to M theory.
2007-04-09 08:33:10 · answer #3 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This web site answers this question on the third picture down on "Elegant Universe" chapter three called "The Wild West" of physics.
Enjoy.
http://www.discoveries.typepad.com All of it is in laymens terms.
2007-04-09 08:35:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋