String theory began over 50 years ago as a way to understand the strong nuclear force. Since then, it’s grown to become a theory of everything, capable of explaining the nature of every particle, ...

FROM the vibrations of tiny strings comes an orchestral crescendo: atoms,molecules, people, planets, stars, galaxies, the universe, the multiverse and ultimately – or so the dream goes – everything.

In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called “Is the end in sight for theoretical physics?” Hawking, who later became my ...

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