Interested in learning a little bit about the ideas behind string theory? Here’s a short video that tries to explain the basics in a thought-provoking way. It features three main characters: The Universe Keeper Renata, inspired by Russian-American physicist Renata Kallosh, the quizzical Wolfie, inspired by the Austrian Nobel laureate Wolfgang Pauli, and the inquisitive Albie, inspired by Albert Einstein.
See what you make of it…
(One of the creators of this video is my PhD student Kay Lehnert, who has just given a departmental seminar in which he mentioned the video.)
In the Dark 