- Friday 4 April 2008
- 8.00pm-9.00pm
The leading candidate for an all-embracing theory of physics, one that would unify quantum mechanics and Einstein's general relativity and describe all physical phenomena from quarks to the Big Bang, is called ‘M-theory', where M stands for magic, mystery or membrane, according to taste. M-theory requires eleven spacetime dimensions (the maximum permitted by supersymmetry of the elementary particles) and subsumes all five ten-dimensional superstring theories. Is M really the ‘final theory'? Michael Duff will critically discuss the evidence.
Venue: The Royal Institution
Tickets are free to Ri Full Members, £6 Associate Members and £9 non-members