The Theory of Superstrings
Historically, two conflicting theories have been accepted to explain how the universe works:
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Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, or the theory of Very Large Things, and
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quantum mechanics, or the theory of very small things.
String theory presents a unification of these two dissimilar ideas, by bringing together the four forces of nature: gravity, electromagnetism, strong force, and weak force.
At the heart of string theory are tiny vibrating strands of energy-- imagined to have length only, not width. The vibrations of the strings are determined by the particles that they make up.
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