String Theory and its meaning for physics and cosmology

From: Larry Klaes (lklaes@bbn.com)
Date: Tue Nov 16 1999 - 10:36:35 MST


http://www.latimes.com/news/science/science/19991116/t000104284.html

To quote in part:

"The history of physics," says Harvard physicist Andrew Strominger,
"is the history of giving up cherished ideas."

Concurs physicist Nathan Seiberg, of Institute for Advanced Study in
Princeton:

"I am almost certain that space and time are illusions. These are
primitive notions that will be replaced by something more sophisticated."



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