To be honest. This guy is amazingly good at public speaking. He doesn't miss a beat. What a memory. An under-appreciated skill to have including the fact that he's also a genius. He's like a salesman, but he's selling you a pursuit in science.
Just an update - This video was shot in 2005. The Large Hadron Collider started in Sept 2008. It has been 12 years since the Supercollider started and sadly it hasnt found anything that supports String Theory in its current form. Beautiful idea, but still a long way to go.
I am not science student but just googled large hydrogen collider results, showing Higgs boson decay's into muons. Said in article Muons are heavier than protons and one of elements that created universe.
The only reason I ever got into theoretical physics was because of Brian Greene. And it was very random, too. Back in 2000, I was home, channel surfing at like 1am and I just happened to settle on a UHF channel and it was Brian Greene, giving a talk at a bookstore while promoting his book, The Elegant Universe. He started talking about string theory and I was hooked ever since lol.
I recently discovered Brian Greene after a random TH-cam tangent. I was totally onboard with his presentation until the 13 minute mark. This is where I think his rhetoric completely falls apart. His argument is cyclical, not actually answering the question at hand but instead relying on his own definition to prove its validity... Completely meaningless. It's a real pity too, since I was so engrossed in the rest of his presentations. Unfortunately, I don't think this one holds any merit. As a theoretical physicists, what do you think?
Your time dimension warped because of the beautifully structured lecture. This is how we experience time, as subjective observer. If the thing we're doing is well made we don't experience every second.
@@karanacharya18 😅... Nice one One can try watching a boring movie of 2 hrs and a movie that u like of 3 hrs .. and observe the subjective flow of time with respect to one's perspective...
I have been studying science for a very long time and this man just managed to explain a topic that i haven't been able to comprehend and I understood every word. This man is the perfect combination of thoughts and expressions.
organizemyroom k is neither true nor fake until proved. That’s why is a theory. It has been somewhat proved but can be falsified and change in time when we advance in more technology.
Toto J I think a main way it’s comprehensible from a man like Brian Greene is because of the fact he usually uses illustrations and computer visualization and simulation to explain the theories, giving us an easier path to understand the vastness of his words that otherwise may just pass through one ear and out the other.
One of the best classes I took in university was a physics course that was focused on understand the theories in a practical sense, like this, without all the math that can make it unapproachable. Math, physics and engineering need more opportunities like this to tell the story of what their math means... It makes it so much more interesting.
Today I am proud that I understand English. I am not good at physics but I have understood each single word he has explained. The best presentation I have ever seen!
Maybe that's because they have not made any progress to the theory of String Theory for almost 30 years now, and would perhaps be a fail theory and theyre all just wasting their time.
@@missionpupa string theory is false or flawed? Sure. But vibrations and the understanding and use of vibrations has been proven to be important for centuries. Even tesla knew there was something about vibrations. These scientists are celebrities and they wont be as honest as someone like tesla wanting the people to know the truth.
@@amateurwave3593 The great thing about science is that you cant go by "hunches" you actually have to prove things. Newton also had a theory of gravity, this theory was already widely accepted by the scientific community, but then Einstein came along and destroyed it. What chances do you think strong theory has. Youre just wishful thinking.
First time hearing Brian, and l found myself mesmerized by his simplictic way of describing complex theories. I could listen to him for hours, very interesting dude.
Eduardo campaña that and the fact that our mass is a million times that of a mosquito that results in space time curving around us like the planets and the sun. This would explain why mosquitoes keep circling us when they get in our gravitational field.
Unfortunately, this entire presentation is incorrect but it's not his fault. He (as well as all other physicists today) have been taught the same incorrect information their entire life and therefore believe it to be true. Therefore, the reason these principles of atomism and string theory work is bc they are the logical conclusion to the previously known and accepted theories. Our Universe and its working will never be explained using Einsteinian Physics and the idea that everything is a particle and they create "waves". It is flat out wrong. Very very few people will even accept this as a possibility let alone the truth. I don't expect this to take hold anytime soon. History will look back upon this comment and see that some individuals had an understanding of the Universe during this "present" time period.
This isn’t physics. ST says nothing of the physical world. It’s an exercise in abstract mathematics, nothing more. An unprovable theory that hinges on the existence of unprovable extra dimensions ie. pseudoscience
I have seen so many videos trying to explain string theory but I always end up with more questions than answers! BUT this one explains it IN-DEPTH and SIMPLISTICALLY!
Anand Chaudhary+ dear...i don't know wether you know this or not that string theory is an incomplete theory having many defects in it...and this video you watched is like way older we have now an advanced version of this theory i.e. M-THEORY (membrane theory)...and by the you are saying that one couldn't understand.... is that there is nothing to understand as it is incomplete...so no one is in illusion...
or a population who are satisfied they ALL live on a flat earth after man walked on the underside, but a small group of lunatics say it's a sphere lol.
@@gavinpowers1217 small group of lunatics? mate, i believe it is the opposite. most of the world believes the earth is round and rather most of the world thinks the flat earthers are lunatics. Now I am a round earther, like most of the population, although I will not resort to going as low as calling you a lunatic.
+Justin Schreiber 10th dimension has been disproved after string theory... now there are 11... that's kina the dimension of dimension, you'll understand if you study that..
Google says: "Brian Greene is a professor of Physics and Mathematics at Columbia University, and Director of Columbia's Center for Theoretical Physics. He is recognized for a number of groundbreaking discoveries in mathematical physics and superstring theory." Can you imagine being in his class?
@@yeeturmcbeetur8197 that really sucks. I guess now that you mention it I’ve only had 4 or 5 really amazing ones myself. But I still think of them and retain a lot of what they taught me. Those were the teachers who changed my life. They taught me how to think and how to understand the world around me.
I need a follow-up video on this, a sequel of what came into fruition for the past years that the advocates of the superstring theory have worked on. Anyone recommend?
Brian Greene has a documentary on this subject, it is called The elegant universe and its on youtube as far as I know. Theres also a book with the same title written by him.
We will never get a proof of string theory even if it's real. This is because our brains are wired to 3d world, it can conceptualize something but cannot visualize it even if there is something beyond 3d. For suppose, there is a 4d right in front of you, you'd still comprehend the 4d object in 3d form, because your brain isn't wired to a new environment. The same goes with colors. Our retina cannot see all the colors in the universe like some animals do, so, we comprehend them to a nearer value of the color and so on.
1AM Me: *looking at dank memes* 2AM Me: hypothesizing about our surrounding universe and the dimensions in which we are encompassed in as it relates to space time and general relativity
I'm utterly amazed that, even if string theory is wrong, humans are able to come up with such an elaborate and consistent model of the universe. The animation at 14:28 alone is just incredible. Somebody actually had to animate the Calabi-Yau shape based on mathematical descriptions created by physicists. That's amazing.
It is so amazing to learn of theories containing the outside world. However, it's almost out of body to realize that we can't even understand how our own brains are able to comprehend outside stimuli and internal stimuli.
Awesome explanation of string theory. I am 13 years old and interested in science and math a lot, and this made my day. This shows a CHILD could understand this video. Brian Greene is a very good lecturer.
What I find interesting is that people assume aliens will be far more advanced than we are. That’s a ridiculous assumption since in all likelihood they would be the same or less advanced. I think it comes from Insecurity and the need for an ‘other’ to be above us. I believe many people have replaced God with aliens.
@@jlee1184 or kinda like how America and Europe look at India and chinas gdp per capita and standard of living and like ahh yes I remember when life was bad for most people
@@darkzombie524 actually you don't want to understand theoretical physics, even a small boy can understand physics if he is creative the problem is we all kill curiosity for money
@@darkzombie524 I mean that if you are curious enough to understand the world around you then there is no age boundaries in understanding physics even me I mean it's my friend's father account of I talk about me I too understand many new concepts since the age of 4 right now I am at 11 and I have read relativity string theory and many more the only thing needed to Indians is just don't let greed of money rule over your curiosity
I'm just in fourth year of electrical engineering, I studied math and physics.. And it's really beatiful, but unfortunately I need to work, think about plan and family, so don't have that time to put more energy in this amazing nature science
@@rounak471 books arent written for weak minded indivisuals . Thats why physics is not a cake walk for everybody. To study quantum physics you first have to unlearn so many preconceive notions about reality. quantum physics is a gateway to another realm which is the fundamental reality of this world. Being a physics honours student i can say quantum physics going to save humanity or may destroy it, based on how humanity using this. we are beings of 3 dimensions but there are beings of extrademensions which are so called aliens , but beleive me they have a capacity to manipulate our reality , just like good and bad human there also good and bad beings and there are some highly spiritual extra dimensionbal beings which changes our reality and we so called humans call those Gods
Nikola Tesla's idea was absolutely right. He always laid emphasis on the vibrations and frequency. So the string theory based on the vibrations. He said if we change the vibrations and frequency of a particle then its all properties will also change.
Nikola Tesla is probably one of the most brilliant and prolific minds that ever existed, but I'm pretty sure he is not the one who came up with it first. In fact, James Clerk Maxwell discovered that visible light, ultraviolet light, and infrared light were all electromagnetic waves of differing frequency, and that was before Tesla was born. It is true, Tesla knew and used a lot of physics, but he was mostly an engineer than a theoretical physicist. Basically, he applied physics, and he made discoveries too, but not that much in fundamental physics
@@joyshaitanI mean, theoretical physics is hard. Even Einstein made a bunch of mistakes, but it is true that Tesla was a great engineer, and inventor, one of the bests that ever existed, maybe the GOAT, but in terms of theoretical physics, not really, he applied the physics, rather than derive new results in fundamental physics
@@oliviern2941 but it all started of fundamental physics , you can't deny others work , tesla is a great inventor but Einstein was on another level , solving the mystery of the world Tesla can't be GOAT , but one of them for sure
String theory proposes that fundamental particles are not point-like but rather one-dimensional "strings" vibrating at different frequencies. It aims to unify all fundamental forces of nature: gravity, electromagnetism, and the nuclear forces into a single framework. The theory often involves additional dimensions beyond the familiar three and incorporates concepts like supersymmetry. While promising, string theory faces challenges due to its complexity and the difficulty of testing its predictions experimentally.
I went to CERN in 2013 and they said that in they did measure the energy after the particle collisions and it was less than when they started. Our tour guide was doing her PhD and said it was most likely the energy was lost to other dimensions.
Same SO RELATABLE!!! when I try to talk to my friends about science, they get bored and zone out. I just don’t get why because science is such an interesting subject
Thanks Brian Greene. It's a real skill to be able to describe an incredibly complicated subject so that a layman get's it, even if it's at the most superficial level. I've heard the term String Theory a number of times and even used wiki to try to work out what it was all about. It just made me more confused. Just a few minutes listening to this video allowed me to understand the fuss.
All things and theories aside i loved this man way of explanation and presentation, he explained in a way even a high school student will understand what he wants to say. And this brings us back to most powerful way to learn something that is ACTIVE LEARNING by teaching others complex things in the simplest way possible.
@@lefuark9719 the large hadron collider was opened in september 2008! but sadly, it didnt give the exciting results promised. there are new plans for the future though
@@sammymaestro7642 yeah, gotta remember einsteins theory of relativity wasn't scientifically proven till years and years after, but yeah, a lot of no where lol
"If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration" - Nicola Tesla (1856-1943). If such man as Tesla was alive: we would be tens of decades or a century ahead in civilization than where we are now .
Or you can say the other way too Energy and mass (times light squared) are the same and can be converted into each other So energy is the manifestation of mass Or Mass is the manifestation of energy
Isaac W do you know how that equation is derived? It implies that the more the speed approaches toward light the more the mass. That means if your velocity is c then mass would be infinity
To me, it makes sense that dimensions exist that don’t interact noticeably with the ones we experience. After all, think of all the cell phone signals, wi-fi, Bluetooth, tv transmissions, etc. that surround us, yet we are oblivious to them. We have X-rays that go right through our soft tissue without being felt by us. Infrared signals in our remote controls. All these are constantly in our environment and operate in the dimensions we know about (the electromagnetic spectrum), but are only accessible with the aid of specially built detectors which extend our ability to detect parts of the spectrum our bodies have not been adapted to sense. The problem, of course, is that at our scale, there are size limits to what our specially built detectors can sense both in small scale, as well as large scale (e. g., the observable universe). It’s truly amazing the rate of change in our understanding of the universe in the last hundred plus years. Who knows what mysteries will be solved in the coming years? Fascinating!
C=Distance/Time According to this equation, When distance increases, speed of light(C) will change but speed of light(C) needs to be constant. So in order to make speed of light constant, time has to change too with distance D. So time(T) will expand or delayed with increase in Distance to make C constant.This phenomenon where delayed time or expanded time occurs is known by the name Time Dilation.This theory is possible only if we think speed of light is constant(found by Maxwell.) And Thanks to Einstein for using his brain so well that without Special and General relativity, technologies like GPS won't exist.
I started college as a physics major. It was precisely when I got to this part, the quantum physics including particles, that I realized I want to do finance.
This is far too advanced to have in a school syllabus, the level of Maths required is so advanced that even most Physics degree courses don't include String Theory. If you want to study it you'd have to do a masters in Maths, and even then you probably wouldn't touch on Superstrings. To do that you'd have to go to PhD level. I suppose it might be good to introduce these ideas at a non technical level in schools though, like this talk.
The level of Mathematics required is available in our 11th and 12th (Matrices, partial differentiation, and many other topics). I studied few General relativity equations in 12th from Physics Olympiad books. And I was able to solve many questions related to objects at very high speed. At least a glimpse can be provided to raise interest. We do have Polymers, Crystal Field Theory in our Syllabus.
vikrant chaudhary It's a lot more than just matrices and PDEs, those are just the basic tools. On the mathematical side, you need to have a high understanding of lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalism and how to quantize a classical action/Lagrangian. You also need a lot of group theory and geometry knowledge, as Dr.Greene alluded to in the video when he mentioned Calabi Yau Manifolds. On the physics side, you need to be very competent with quantum mechanics and quantum field theory, as well as electrodynamics and the standard model. General Relativity helps a lot as well. I haven't actually studied string theory myself yet by the way, but I've read into it and I've looked into what you need to know to study it formally. Personally, I've only studied as far as QM and GR, so I've got a fair way to go yet. But yes I agree that a glimpse would be a good idea just to spark interest.
Yeah, I am not saying to make a scientist out of a High school kid. But telling him about Lorentz equation isn't much. I did not need the first 5 lines you typed. My idea was just in your last line. Did you study all those at once? You had a start somewhere and that's what my argument was. Was electro dynamics part of high school syllabus 130 years ago? but it is now. Syllabus change with time and well-educated people like you are the reason for the development of Humankind. Thank you
Dark matter is composed of particles that do not absorb, reflect, or emit light, so they cannot be detected by observing electromagnetic radiation. Dark matter is material that cannot be seen directly. We know that dark matter exists because of the effect it has on objects that we can observe directly. So explain what that has to do with string theory ?
@@ryansukhoo4744 dark matter isn’t made of particles,it is a misnomer used as a way to explain the accelerated expansion of the universe, gravity really is interesting,when acting on mass it attracts but acting on energy and smooth spacetime,it repels aka expansion,the way and the math behind is hard tho lol
Why the extras dimensions need to be small ? maybe they are too large to see. Just like a 2D creature has no idea of the 3rd dimension but in reality its all around him, similarly maybe the extra dimensions are everywhere but being 3D creatures, we can not see them. there is no sense in saying that a dimension is 'small' or 'large'. dimensions does not have a size themselves. dimensions are the directions towards which we measure size.
+Marv3Lthe1 Maybe, maybe, you might be right. But theoretical physicists make predictions and create philosophical extentions based on the physics proven and observed in reality. You might be right, but nothing right now leads scientists to feel the urgency to look in that perspective. But there are underlying structures describing quarks behavior which leads them to believe quarks can embody some form energy we cannot easily detect.
Easy. It's small because it's the small stuff that we are sending to those other dimensions with the cern collider thing. If big ass shit was to be disappearing then the other dimensions would be big.
Marv3Lthe1 you're right dimensions have no relative size. everything from a quartz to the entire universe could be considered as 1 measurement of a dimension and every thing inbetween. however the problem with dimension is no dimension can be proven, yet we know they exist. such as the 3dimensions of space, we can't prove any direction but we know it's there, and time cannot be proven or quantified but we know relatively our own standard of time, choice cannot be proven either as once we say "yes" we cannot prove the out come of " no" when answering a question and so on. so dimensions cannot be proven yet can be as big or small as anything and everything.
I think of all dimensions as a bunch of organic fractals. Whether zooming in or out, size is all relative and can only *be* relative to the objects within them(the respective dimensions). Much like the end of MIB only instead of existing in marbles, we're in something else's particles, being waved off by their appendages whilst fanning the air. (hope this was at least cool to read/think about, I know a year late but it's dope to see people actively engaged in their interests.)
Basically, he is saying that everything in the whole universe even atoms etc. Is made by vibrating strings of energy which creates different dimensions.
external dimensions fluctuating inside and outside of the string field elements which run through the whole of space. String field elements are the outer boundaries that the fluctuating external dimensions encompass. The string fields and their elements occupy all space within our conscious dimension including all conscious bodies in the conscious foundation of the fabric of organic space.
Accidentally you said something very important, you just said it as a joke or you seriously have some reason behind it? I want to know, can you explain that for me please.
They walk with their wings in the form of lift off of the fluid known as air. A function of mass, gravity, lift and thrust. The bird moves through the medium known as air that is (supposedly) made of particles that are really just forms of energy in different dimensions. Thus the bird is walking on different dimensions.
I’ve read and watched a number of Brian Greene lectures. I’ve noticed he’s looking a bit more stressed and talking faster. But to be fair he only has 15 minutes to describe a topic he normally takes longer to do in this Ted talk 😂 Brian is awesome. I’m not a physics major by any means so listening to him describe reality is very nice. I wish he could describe the mathematics involved to fully understand these concepts as easily but I’m glad I can understand and absorb as much as I can otherwise. Than you Brian 👍
Because alcohol makes you more motivated and excited. I actually like to have a few beers when im trying to learn about something because it helps me stay more interested in the topic. Just no more than a few tho lmao
What if it isn't that the particles colliding send debris into new dimensions (dimensions where we can't measure energy)? What if the particles colliding at such a high speed produce a new form of energy or translate it in a new way that is currently undetectable with any instruments we use to measure energy?
@@theshado4304 energy does not just simply disappear, because that would break the laws of physics. Therefore, we can actually detect if any amount of energy is lost, and then research what happened with the energy
@@GoodGuyBolt yes that’s true for the energy we do know about; emphasis on the “new form of energy or……” in the original comment = something (does not necessarily need to be defined as energy as it does not behave as the energy our current physics define) that is, like they said un-detectable/readable/measurable so how would we know
@@theshado4304 I mean, that’s a bit sci-fi, but I like wild ideas. The thing is, if we see something abnormal happening to the particles, then that would indicate something. What that thing could be would have to be researched. But if something we can’t notice happens, then the question is why would we care? If it doesn’t affect our reality, we just ignore it basically. It wouldn’t lead to any technological advancements so we wouldn’t have to research something that “doesn’t exist”. It’s like trying to prove/disprove the existence of god. We can’t see, feel or sense any signs of a god, that’s why it wouldn’t really affect us wether he exist or not. It’s a matter of belief rather than research 🤷🏻♂️
I know this a late reaction, but - wow - what a great way to explain this very difficult subject to a novice like myself. It could not have been clearer. Thank you for that, Brian. Amazing👌. Greetings from Holland🌷
I am currently obsessed with String Theory bc since around the time Covid began I've been having "crazy" ideas, thoughts and experiences about existence, time travel, afterlife, paranormal, multiverses, space, time, perspective, brain and memory functions, disease, blood types, predispositions, etc.. and after learning the basics of this theory I feel like it may explain it all in one way or another. My family has even sent me to rehab after 3 clean drug tests bc I opened up about the thoughts I'd been having.. but when I went there I found so many of my peers have had similar experiences and thoughts during this pandemic which has led to a higher than normal rate of worldwide death. I was raised pentecostal so spirits and the supernatural and religion have always been important in my life. I have said many times that God decided to bypass the apocalyptic Christian Revelation, and instead, disperse life across multiverses and eventually we'll all be able to not only rest, but live and store memories forever (exist immortally), in peace. So.. Covid.. population control, population disbursement, or the rapture in God Time (slowmo)? Ahh.. I'm rambling again. Anybody out there who can relate?
In modern science, the term "theory" refers to scientific theories, a well-confirmed type of explanation of nature, made in a way consistent with scientific method, and fulfilling the criteria required by modern science. Such theories are described in such a way that scientific tests should be able to provide empirical support for it, or empirical contradiction ("falsify") of it.
@@2robdot Physical theories are not proven. You are confusing them with mathematical theorems. Physical theories may be falsified by evidence. Conversely, if enough supporting evidence is gathered, our confidence in the theory increases. But even if it is disproven, a theory remains a theory. A theory is based on one or more hypotheses. For instance, Newton’s gravitational theory is based on the hypothesis that the gravitational force is instantaneous, proportional to inertial mass and the inverse square of distance, and points in the direction of its source. Alternatively, the same theory can be obtained using the hypothesis that the gravitational potential (of which the force is its vector gradient) is proportional to the inertial mass of the source and inversely proportional to the distance. Oftentimes, a theory is something very broad, perhaps better described as a theoretical framework. Quantum field theory is a good example. It is a broad theoretical framework that describes fundamental physics in the form of interacting, operator-valued (quantized) fields. By itself, this is not very useful (nor is it testable) until additional hypotheses are introduced that tell us what these fields are. So when we talk about the Standard Model of particle physics, the framework of that model is quantum field theory, but that framework is made specific by introducing the “particle content”: the fields of leptons, quarks, gauge bosons and the Higgs scalar that, put together, and along with the QFT framework, constitute the Standard Model. This now has predictions that can be (and have been) tested in particle physics experiments.
Sounds like String Theory found the universe’s amino acids. Like in biological the different shapes of these acids form different proteins, similar to the filaments of energy. Staying with this comparison, I wonder what can be characterized as the universe’s dna?
This was the most amazingly explained video on string theory I have seen, and this is coming from someone who has watched over 20 videos or so- His students would be lucky :)
7:43 I can only show of course 2 dimensions on screen, some of you guys will fix this one day.
Inspiration level 3000.
All the best.....
Gave me chills
Liked. Holograms lol
@@mariyamashraf5199 a Holodeck...finally
I love hearing stuff like that. Worth the price of admission to this talk.
To be honest. This guy is amazingly good at public speaking. He doesn't miss a beat. What a memory. An under-appreciated skill to have including the fact that he's also a genius. He's like a salesman, but he's selling you a pursuit in science.
And then there's me not knowing what to say to people who I have known for my entire life...
Still prefer Stephen Hawking
@@riobrasilsambashowssambist1453 that has literally nothing to do with what he said
@@riobrasilsambashowssambist1453 who compared?
m a physicist and I know that God's Word is the force that produced the vibrations of energy we are all made of
Just an update - This video was shot in 2005. The Large Hadron Collider started in Sept 2008. It has been 12 years since the Supercollider started and sadly it hasnt found anything that supports String Theory in its current form. Beautiful idea, but still a long way to go.
We will get to the truth eventually, let's keep pushing
thanks for the update!
Cheers for that mate.
I am not science student but just googled large hydrogen collider results, showing Higgs boson decay's into muons. Said in article Muons are heavier than protons and one of elements that created universe.
@@kaiwalyaghotkar832 can you send me a link to that?
The only reason I ever got into theoretical physics was because of Brian Greene. And it was very random, too. Back in 2000, I was home, channel surfing at like 1am and I just happened to settle on a UHF channel and it was Brian Greene, giving a talk at a bookstore while promoting his book, The Elegant Universe. He started talking about string theory and I was hooked ever since lol.
wow, this is a wholesome comment.
@@beverlycauilan1797 Haha thank you!
I recently discovered Brian Greene after a random TH-cam tangent.
I was totally onboard with his presentation until the 13 minute mark. This is where I think his rhetoric completely falls apart. His argument is cyclical, not actually answering the question at hand but instead relying on his own definition to prove its validity... Completely meaningless.
It's a real pity too, since I was so engrossed in the rest of his presentations. Unfortunately, I don't think this one holds any merit.
As a theoretical physicists, what do you think?
@@ECEXCURSION Are you a physicist?
Would you recommend reading it?
This guy explained it so nicely that i didn't even notice those 19 minutes.
Your time dimension warped because of the beautifully structured lecture. This is how we experience time, as subjective observer. If the thing we're doing is well made we don't experience every second.
WAIT THAT WAS 19 MINUTES?!?!
Yes he has a knack for that
@@karanacharya18 😅... Nice one
One can try watching a boring movie of 2 hrs and a movie that u like of 3 hrs .. and observe the subjective flow of time with respect to one's perspective...
What was happening in 19 minutes?
I have been studying science for a very long time and this man just managed to explain a topic that i haven't been able to comprehend and I understood every word. This man is the perfect combination of thoughts and expressions.
maybe that's why they are leading scientists and we are not :-)
organizemyroom k is neither true nor fake until proved. That’s why is a theory. It has been somewhat proved but can be falsified and change in time when we advance in more technology.
Can you imagine how amazing it would be if Feynman was around to explain all this?
Toto J I think a main way it’s comprehensible from a man like Brian Greene is because of the fact he usually uses illustrations and computer visualization and simulation to explain the theories, giving us an easier path to understand the vastness of his words that otherwise may just pass through one ear and out the other.
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That was the quickest 19 minutes ever...that was amazing
Johannes Berg, can you tell what causes the strings to vibrate.
You just experienced another dimension.
probably due to the gravity of the topic ;]
Smokey Jam ok”
You’re telling me! I had it on 2x playback lol
One of the best classes I took in university was a physics course that was focused on understand the theories in a practical sense, like this, without all the math that can make it unapproachable. Math, physics and engineering need more opportunities like this to tell the story of what their math means... It makes it so much more interesting.
sounds like a philosophy lecture to me
Great observation. The original name of physics was the natural philosophy!
There's nothing practical about string theory.
I want to drop everything and study physics now.
Drop your mobile phone. It's physics.
Don’t. Institutions make physics boring, learning from the internet is way more fun
As an engineering student, no you don’t
as a physics student, yes you do
AJAdam D shut up nerd
Today I am proud that I understand English. I am not good at physics but I have understood each single word he has explained. The best presentation I have ever seen!
Congrats pal
I’m proud of you. I’m glad to be able to share this knowledge with you.
That’s awesome congratulations!
@kevin y I want to drop everything and study physics now.
agree with u
I feel like this man doesn't get enough recognition. I love the way he presents himself and he's an amazing man. Great work.
Maybe because he is the global face of the scam called string "theory"? At least Susskind is pretending he got nothing to do with this cult anymore.
If you havent seen it watch his series The Elegant Universe, its fantastic
Maybe that's because they have not made any progress to the theory of String Theory for almost 30 years now, and would perhaps be a fail theory and theyre all just wasting their time.
@@missionpupa string theory is false or flawed? Sure. But vibrations and the understanding and use of vibrations has been proven to be important for centuries. Even tesla knew there was something about vibrations. These scientists are celebrities and they wont be as honest as someone like tesla wanting the people to know the truth.
@@amateurwave3593 The great thing about science is that you cant go by "hunches" you actually have to prove things. Newton also had a theory of gravity, this theory was already widely accepted by the scientific community, but then Einstein came along and destroyed it. What chances do you think strong theory has. Youre just wishful thinking.
First time hearing Brian, and l found myself mesmerized by his simplictic way of describing complex theories. I could listen to him for hours, very interesting dude.
frrr i absolutely love how he explains things
This would explain why mosquitoes are so hard to hit. They are so small that they keep jumping between dimensions.
time is relative as Enstein taught us. mosquitoes percive time in slow mo compared to us
Eduardo campaña that and the fact that our mass is a million times that of a mosquito that results in space time curving around us like the planets and the sun. This would explain why mosquitoes keep circling us when they get in our gravitational field.
@Anurag Bhattacharya are you real right now? I guess you don't understand science as most humans do 😂😉
@@eduardocampana3611 u jokin?
@@TheDailyDailies-c6i he's obviously joking
the best easy-to-understand talk on string theory I have ever seen. those schematic animations helped greatly. thank you for sharing.
Brian Greene is probably the most clear and concise communicator of physics I've ever heard. His show on PBS is excellent too.
Unfortunately, this entire presentation is incorrect but it's not his fault. He (as well as all other physicists today) have been taught the same incorrect information their entire life and therefore believe it to be true. Therefore, the reason these principles of atomism and string theory work is bc they are the logical conclusion to the previously known and accepted theories. Our Universe and its working will never be explained using Einsteinian Physics and the idea that everything is a particle and they create "waves". It is flat out wrong. Very very few people will even accept this as a possibility let alone the truth. I don't expect this to take hold anytime soon. History will look back upon this comment and see that some individuals had an understanding of the Universe during this "present" time period.
@@fit_pharmd4830 What do u propose then?
Brian cox
@@fit_pharmd4830 Well you seem to know a lot. What is the real truth then?
@@fit_pharmd4830 Do you care to explain more?
Man I've just recently gotten deep into physics and I've been looking for basic but comprehensive videos on string theory and I'm glad I found this👌🏾
I feel that
This isn’t physics. ST says nothing of the physical world. It’s an exercise in abstract mathematics, nothing more. An unprovable theory that hinges on the existence of unprovable extra dimensions ie. pseudoscience
I have seen so many videos trying to explain string theory but I always end up with more questions than answers! BUT this one explains it IN-DEPTH and SIMPLISTICALLY!
+Reuben John Yes, Brian Greene is a great speaker.
Reuben John I can recommend his books!
if you say you understood string theory then you are in illusion.
Anand Chaudhary+ dear...i don't know wether you know this or not that string theory is an incomplete theory having many defects in it...and this video you watched is like way older we have now an advanced version of this theory i.e. M-THEORY (membrane theory)...and by the you are saying that one couldn't understand.... is that there is nothing to understand as it is incomplete...so no one is in illusion...
Its similar to quantum mechanics, ""If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics" - Richard Feynman
“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.”
― Nikola Tesla
And pigeons, can't forget about pigeons
Ugh
@Brad Watson Tesla, because pigeons can't talk back
He was right
New york times once asked Einstein what it felt like to be the smartest man alive? He said to them. I don't know you would have to ask tesla that
I cannot solve questions on 2d geometry and here I am learning about additional dimension!
Oh Shoot you just reminded me,
I'm writing on geometry in 30 minutes from now
@@tumidhlamini9011 I feel you!
you just went next lev baby. 2d is overrated
😂
Hahahahahaha
He is one of the greatest speakers I’ve ever heard
At least Flat earth society can upgrade to Flat Space society
That would be one heck of an upgrade.
or a population who are satisfied they ALL live on a flat earth after man walked on the underside, but a small group of lunatics say it's a sphere lol.
@@gavinpowers1217 it is a sphere bruh
@@gavinpowers1217 small group of lunatics? mate, i believe it is the opposite. most of the world believes the earth is round and rather most of the world thinks the flat earthers are lunatics. Now I am a round earther, like most of the population, although I will not resort to going as low as calling you a lunatic.
But Space is flat...
Hats Off to The one who Made those animations that helped Us to understand String Theory.
What if our dimesions are the smallest dimesions, and the "missing" dimesions too BIG for us to observe...
+Grim Reefer mind blown
+Justin Schreiber 10th dimension has been disproved after string theory... now there are 11... that's kina the dimension of dimension, you'll understand if you study that..
Justin Schreiber true. but I'm. Saying that 10 dimensions has been disproved in a sense that there are more dimensions.. Not like it dosent exist..
+Grim Reefer What if the missing dimensions are just the wrong color?
+Grim Reefer what if our dimension is a locker where really big aliens put their coats? are we the coated universe??
Ik he’s a physicist, but he BETTER be a physics teacher. If I had someone like this as a physics teacher I would still want to learn physics.
Google says: "Brian Greene is a professor of Physics and Mathematics at Columbia University, and Director of Columbia's Center for Theoretical Physics. He is recognized for a number of groundbreaking discoveries in mathematical physics and superstring theory." Can you imagine being in his class?
@@ReInCarbonatedCrow honestly, no. I’ve only ever had like 4 good teachers and that’s through all of grade school and college…twice.
@@yeeturmcbeetur8197 that really sucks. I guess now that you mention it I’ve only had 4 or 5 really amazing ones myself. But I still think of them and retain a lot of what they taught me. Those were the teachers who changed my life. They taught me how to think and how to understand the world around me.
What happend if we combine 4th dimension with 10th dimention or other dimentions with other
Ik? Huh?
When he said "when you swing your hand you're moving around all these extra dimensions" I started waving my hand with such enthusiasm!
still waving :P
Psychology says that if you like someone you subconsciously mirror their body language.
I must be moving my hand around in all these extra dimensions at least once a day then.......
I'm stoned...thank you....
lot of poetry!!! 😆😆😆
I need a follow-up video on this, a sequel of what came into fruition for the past years that the advocates of the superstring theory have worked on. Anyone recommend?
@@fartreview1739 higgs boson
Brian Greene has a documentary on this subject, it is called The elegant universe and its on youtube as far as I know. Theres also a book with the same title written by him.
Still now string theorie has no experimental data to back it up
Why waste time on fundamental theories. String theory is an idea, a metaphysical construction with no supporting evidence.
visualizedmusic because they don’t know how to procede with anything if they can’t understand the fundamentals
Watching this in 2019 and amazed at the fact that the collider is already being used
sern is shout down at the moment for upgrades that will allow the possibility to prove S.S.T
Same
@@elderhickory0776 when will the upgrades be done?
In 2026
The new particle accelerator will be 100 km in diameter and producing 100 TEV
It's so disappointing that this theory is still unproven...
It's beautiful.
It’s beautiful and real :)
@@anastasiamaximus please tell me u got proof...
@@persassy7076 I have cheese and bacon
@@level8473 laggard
We will never get a proof of string theory even if it's real. This is because our brains are wired to 3d world, it can conceptualize something but cannot visualize it even if there is something beyond 3d. For suppose, there is a 4d right in front of you, you'd still comprehend the 4d object in 3d form, because your brain isn't wired to a new environment. The same goes with colors. Our retina cannot see all the colors in the universe like some animals do, so, we comprehend them to a nearer value of the color and so on.
ffs, meant to be revising for a biology exam... and I'm learning about string theory...
Sean Tomlinson This comment speaks to me on a religious level
me right now
Should be reading my medical books but this is More fascinating
Holy crap, I'm doing the same thing.
Me in the future...
and on the other hand we have flat earthers ......-_-
@Kathy Mack you should have asked her why wouldn't we fall if the earth is flat
The Earth may not be flat, but the Universe is.
Naeringsvarde well we think it is but the idea that it’s curved is still open.
2-dimensional earthers...
@@MyZk089 oh, because the gravity thing the guy just explained in the video. :D
1AM Me: *looking at dank memes*
2AM Me: hypothesizing about our surrounding universe and the dimensions in which we are encompassed in as it relates to space time and general relativity
Feeling!
🤓
Same 😂😂
3-3:01 AM - Wanking off
8am: going to school for exam
I'm utterly amazed that, even if string theory is wrong, humans are able to come up with such an elaborate and consistent model of the universe. The animation at 14:28 alone is just incredible. Somebody actually had to animate the Calabi-Yau shape based on mathematical descriptions created by physicists. That's amazing.
It is so amazing to learn of theories containing the outside world. However, it's almost out of body to realize that we can't even understand how our own brains are able to comprehend outside stimuli and internal stimuli.
Why didnt my brain start to work until i left school.
Go back to school
Because now you can CHOOSE to listen to things that you are interested in. :-)
@@wendymonette9958 thats deep
@@hafizdwp thats life
bad teachers petrify brains
This is exactly what I was trying to explain to my friends when I was tripping on LSD.
I was just super high/drunk and telling people that the universe and a giraffe were the same thing. It made sense at the time.
Atoms are universes and our universe is an atom
Vicious Vin Official everything is made up of atoms. Every single thing.
Well there are people who say that psychedelics open up passages to extra dimensions, so..
@@avareding3874 An electron isn't made out of atoms...
Awesome explanation of string theory. I am 13 years old and interested in science and math a lot, and this made my day. This shows a CHILD could understand this video. Brian Greene is a very good lecturer.
Vishnu Kompella ur a teen not a child !!
Pokémon: read more carefully! You have contradicted something that was not stated.
Bravo Vishnu.
Vishnu Kompella want a medal?
Mustafa Abbasi he was putting himself down by saying he’s a child like the people around him and could still get it.
Keep questioning kiddo
Aliens finding out humans discovered string theory
: Ah they've started kindergarten
@@jlee1184 and the rest of India, Asia is saying, what is a school? Lol
What I find interesting is that people assume aliens will be far more advanced than we are. That’s a ridiculous assumption since in all likelihood they would be the same or less advanced. I think it comes from Insecurity and the need for an ‘other’ to be above us. I believe many people have replaced God with aliens.
@@carolquella7077 if they are able to visit earth to see that we have started string theory
They are fking smarter than us
@@carolquella7077 it’s actually very unlikely they are the same as us if u want a reasoning watch the joe Rogan clips with this guy in them
@@jlee1184 or kinda like how America and Europe look at India and chinas gdp per capita and standard of living and like ahh yes I remember when life was bad for most people
This man explains very well,, i wish i had a physics teacher like this during my graduation 😢
Nitin Nagarkoti i wish they had teachers like this in middle school and high school lmao
Indians are the worst in physics
Germans are the best in theoritical physics
@@darkzombie524 actually you don't want to understand theoretical physics, even a small boy can understand physics if he is creative the problem is we all kill curiosity for money
Dinesh Saroj you just said the most idiotic comment "even a small boy can understand physics"
What do you mean ?
@@darkzombie524 I mean that if you are curious enough to understand the world around you then there is no age boundaries in understanding physics even me I mean it's my friend's father account of I talk about me I too understand many new concepts since the age of 4 right now I am at 11 and I have read relativity string theory and many more the only thing needed to Indians is just don't let greed of money rule over your curiosity
"5, 7, to 10 years from now." 7 years after this TEDtalk we found the Higgs Boson.
wow
That man certainly delivered on his promise
Well this ted ed was made in 2005 so actually 14 years
Vincent Cloutier no it wasn’t look at the computer behind him and tell me that’s an 05
@@aidankoenig1588 0:55 .....
Thanks to Sheldon Cooper, I'm watching this video and many others and loving them all (and I'm in finance!)
same here from bbt
BBT fans forever
Lol I am watching this and I am in sales
me tooo
Agree... same here too
How have I not seen this TED Talk before? I'll be watching it several times. Finally an explanation of string theory that a regular person can grasp.
YIK they made it sound so complex when the smart guys tried to explain it to penny so I just assumed it was complex but, what happens when you assume?
thousands of boring textbooks and articles in less than 20 mins. THIS IS GOLD!
Text books aren't boring, it's just people don't understand Calculus. So it makes physics boring because they don't understand Mathematics.
@@Tej517 still doesn't change the fact he stated
I'm just in fourth year of electrical engineering, I studied math and physics.. And it's really beatiful, but unfortunately I need to work, think about plan and family, so don't have that time to put more energy in this amazing nature science
Tejas B T
4 months ago
Text books aren't boring
@@rounak471 books arent written for weak minded indivisuals . Thats why physics is not a cake walk for everybody. To study quantum physics you first have to unlearn so many preconceive notions about reality.
quantum physics is a gateway to another realm which is the fundamental reality of this world. Being a physics honours student i can say quantum physics going to save humanity or may destroy it, based on how humanity using this. we are beings of 3 dimensions but there are beings of extrademensions which are so called aliens , but beleive me they have a capacity to manipulate our reality , just like good and bad human there also good and bad beings and there are some highly spiritual extra dimensionbal beings which changes our reality and we so called humans call those Gods
So easy to understand after his excellent description. Truly. A master. A complex concept made simple. The mark of a true genius.Thank you Dr.Greene.
The comments here are more intelligent than most of TH-cam. I like this place.
+Soumik Roy why
blahblahblah6496 shut up moron! :)
They can be annoying though
(Especially when you don't get them)
Why can't the rest of this bloody website be like this - United in Fascination of learning instead of divided by differences
I just read a thread where people argued that there couldn't be a 10th dimension, because we proved the existence of the 11th dimension, not the 10th.
Brian stands on the shoulders of many great giants I love his mind opening lessons. One of the greatest teachers of our time
Nikola Tesla's idea was absolutely right. He always laid emphasis on the vibrations and frequency. So the string theory based on the vibrations. He said if we change the vibrations and frequency of a particle then its all properties will also change.
While being an outstanding inventor, Tesla was a crackpot when it came to theoretical physics who thought relativity was wrong.
Nikola Tesla is probably one of the most brilliant and prolific minds that ever existed, but I'm pretty sure he is not the one who came up with it first. In fact, James Clerk Maxwell discovered that visible light, ultraviolet light, and infrared light were all electromagnetic waves of differing frequency, and that was before Tesla was born. It is true, Tesla knew and used a lot of physics, but he was mostly an engineer than a theoretical physicist. Basically, he applied physics, and he made discoveries too, but not that much in fundamental physics
@@joyshaitanI mean, theoretical physics is hard. Even Einstein made a bunch of mistakes, but it is true that Tesla was a great engineer, and inventor, one of the bests that ever existed, maybe the GOAT, but in terms of theoretical physics, not really, he applied the physics, rather than derive new results in fundamental physics
@@oliviern2941 but it all started of fundamental physics , you can't deny others work , tesla is a great inventor but Einstein was on another level , solving the mystery of the world
Tesla can't be GOAT , but one of them for sure
I've seen this presentation over 10 times and I am still left amazed at what could be possible
As a stoner, I can appreciate the ants perspective
An ants face up close is terrifying. But when thinking about it... everyone's face up close is terrifying. Just saying.
String theory proposes that fundamental particles are not point-like but rather one-dimensional "strings" vibrating at different frequencies. It aims to unify all fundamental forces of nature: gravity, electromagnetism, and the nuclear forces into a single framework. The theory often involves additional dimensions beyond the familiar three and incorporates concepts like supersymmetry. While promising, string theory faces challenges due to its complexity and the difficulty of testing its predictions experimentally.
I wish more people could become more passionate for their work like this guy
Watching this while smoking weed. Seem like I'm closing to the truth of the universe.
same.
Robert Heisenberg what realizations did you come upon
you're only 2 vids away bro
Use responsibly, enjoy :).
Ditto 😎
I went to CERN in 2013 and they said that in they did measure the energy after the particle collisions and it was less than when they started. Our tour guide was doing her PhD and said it was most likely the energy was lost to other dimensions.
i feel like you're lying, but ok
@@nelihernandez9441 It was a school trip. Lots of A-Level students take the trip to switzerland.
@@achannel1818 I think you misheard, they say that *if* energy is lost, that could be one type of evidence for more dimensions.
I literally wish I knew someone that really enjoys these things and I can Discuss these with him
same
@@miairfan1734 ugh same. Like I really wish I could talk to someone about this. I never have been able to do that. I wish.
👽
Same SO RELATABLE!!! when I try to talk to my friends about science, they get bored and zone out. I just don’t get why because science is such an interesting subject
@@lukeali1580 we should all make an ig gc or something to talk about this stuff LOL
To most of us Sheldon was the one who introduced us to the String Theroy. Amazing Fella.
Ya true
I am a fan of young Sheldon
Yes that's true 😂
Sheldon was the one who introduced us to the Spring Theroy
Yes
After 10 other string theory videos, finally found one that make sense to me! Excellent images and explanation!
I could listen to Greene speak all day long. He has mastered the art of simple explanation regardless of subject matter complexity.
Thanks Brian Greene. It's a real skill to be able to describe an incredibly complicated subject so that a layman get's it, even if it's at the most superficial level. I've heard the term String Theory a number of times and even used wiki to try to work out what it was all about. It just made me more confused. Just a few minutes listening to this video allowed me to understand the fuss.
I love the way Brian Greene explains these theories. I've heard others explain it but I can understand him better.
All things and theories aside i loved this man way of explanation and presentation, he explained in a way even a high school student will understand what he wants to say. And this brings us back to most powerful way to learn something that is ACTIVE LEARNING by teaching others complex things in the simplest way possible.
"it'll be five years from now"
*Video uploaded 7 years ago*
me: :(
This was made on 2005
Been a long time but basically 16 years ago
So when is cern going to be ready
@@lefuark9719 the large hadron collider was opened in september 2008! but sadly, it didnt give the exciting results promised. there are new plans for the future though
@@lefuark9719 Cern has been on for 13 years. It has produced many exciting results, just not the ones string theorists were hoping for.
This was 7 years ago. I’d love to hear what progress we made on this since then!!
16 years ago. It was shot in 2005
@@sammymaestro7642 yeah, gotta remember einsteins theory of relativity wasn't scientifically proven till years and years after, but yeah, a lot of no where lol
The level of abstraction required to comprehend this stuff let alone come up with it is insane.
"If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration" - Nicola Tesla (1856-1943).
If such man as Tesla was alive: we would be tens of decades or a century ahead in civilization than where we are now .
Today itself I heard movie based on him is releasing in 2020.
@@rajats67 really what's the name is the realesed date known?
@@allmight801 20 August
@@rajats67 thanks
Making money was more important, Tesla was killed.
Everything is literally energy, EVERYTHING, matter is just an illusion of energy manifesting as a physical object.
What is energy
@@Software.Engineer Watt is energy
@@Samoelleux Nah,Watt is power
Or you can say the other way too
Energy and mass (times light squared) are the same and can be converted into each other
So energy is the manifestation of mass
Or
Mass is the manifestation of energy
Isaac W do you know how that equation is derived? It implies that the more the speed approaches toward light the more the mass. That means if your velocity is c then mass would be infinity
Huge respect for Sheldon Cooper. Understand his fascination now.
Bazinga
Bazinga
Bizinga :D
Buzinga
Bazinga
Sometimes I wonder how videos like this don't have 6 billion views
What a Inspiring man. I am now a senior in high school but every time I see Brians presentations the more I get convinced to study Physics.
3:07am and im watching physics videos again. what a world we live in!
To me, it makes sense that dimensions exist that don’t interact noticeably with the ones we experience. After all, think of all the cell phone signals, wi-fi, Bluetooth, tv transmissions, etc. that surround us, yet we are oblivious to them. We have X-rays that go right through our soft tissue without being felt by us. Infrared signals in our remote controls. All these are constantly in our environment and operate in the dimensions we know about (the electromagnetic spectrum), but are only accessible with the aid of specially built detectors which extend our ability to detect parts of the spectrum our bodies have not been adapted to sense.
The problem, of course, is that at our scale, there are size limits to what our specially built detectors can sense both in small scale, as well as large scale (e. g., the observable universe). It’s truly amazing the rate of change in our understanding of the universe in the last hundred plus years. Who knows what mysteries will be solved in the coming years? Fascinating!
C=Distance/Time
According to this equation, When distance increases, speed of light(C) will change but speed of light(C) needs to be constant. So in order to make speed of light constant, time has to change too with distance D. So time(T) will expand or delayed with increase in Distance to make C constant.This phenomenon where delayed time or expanded time occurs is known by the name Time Dilation.This theory is possible only if we think speed of light is constant(found by Maxwell.) And Thanks to Einstein for using his brain so well that without Special and General relativity, technologies like GPS won't exist.
What's the point
Abhimaneu can u tell me how general relativity is helpful for GPS plz...?
Read The Elegant Universe. Brian Greene is a genius.
I started college as a physics major. It was precisely when I got to this part, the quantum physics including particles, that I realized I want to do finance.
😂same
I'm going for an mba now
Great way to look at String Theory and Superstring Theory! Live the graphics and slides, makes it so much easier to understand. Thanks! ❣️❣️❣️
Im here because i always get so curious when Sheldon Cooper mentioned String Theory. #bigbangtheory
May I suggest an idea? replace all the time you spend watching big bang with educational lectures, they're actually pretty chill.
@@dexterj5615 nah..its okay. Dont need to replace. Dont mind watching both at the same time. Pretty chill too :)
Bazinga.....if ure a fan
Physics...love of my life, proud to be a physics learner.....and the learning is life long....doesn't stop!...and i want it should never stop
awesome!!!!....wish I had this in my school syllabus
It should change. We have to include modern theories as well. Nothing about Relativity is known till 12th.
This is far too advanced to have in a school syllabus, the level of Maths required is so advanced that even most Physics degree courses don't include String Theory. If you want to study it you'd have to do a masters in Maths, and even then you probably wouldn't touch on Superstrings. To do that you'd have to go to PhD level.
I suppose it might be good to introduce these ideas at a non technical level in schools though, like this talk.
The level of Mathematics required is available in our 11th and 12th (Matrices, partial differentiation, and many other topics). I studied few General relativity equations in 12th from Physics Olympiad books. And I was able to solve many questions related to objects at very high speed. At least a glimpse can be provided to raise interest. We do have Polymers, Crystal Field Theory in our Syllabus.
vikrant chaudhary
It's a lot more than just matrices and PDEs, those are just the basic tools. On the mathematical side, you need to have a high understanding of lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalism and how to quantize a classical action/Lagrangian. You also need a lot of group theory and geometry knowledge, as Dr.Greene alluded to in the video when he mentioned Calabi Yau Manifolds. On the physics side, you need to be very competent with quantum mechanics and quantum field theory, as well as electrodynamics and the standard model. General Relativity helps a lot as well. I haven't actually studied string theory myself yet by the way, but I've read into it and I've looked into what you need to know to study it formally. Personally, I've only studied as far as QM and GR, so I've got a fair way to go yet.
But yes I agree that a glimpse would be a good idea just to spark interest.
Yeah, I am not saying to make a scientist out of a High school kid. But telling him about Lorentz equation isn't much. I did not need the first 5 lines you typed. My idea was just in your last line. Did you study all those at once? You had a start somewhere and that's what my argument was.
Was electro dynamics part of high school syllabus 130 years ago? but it is now. Syllabus change with time and well-educated people like you are the reason for the development of Humankind. Thank you
One theory to rule them all; One theory to find them; One theory to bring them all; And with dark matter bind them.
Dark matter is composed of particles that do not absorb, reflect, or emit light, so they cannot be detected by observing electromagnetic radiation. Dark matter is material that cannot be seen directly. We know that dark matter exists because of the effect it has on objects that we can observe directly. So explain what that has to do with string theory ?
@@ryansukhoo4744 its lord of the rings dude.
Big bang theory
@@ryansukhoo4744 dark matter isn’t made of particles,it is a misnomer used as a way to explain the accelerated expansion of the universe, gravity really is interesting,when acting on mass it attracts but acting on energy and smooth spacetime,it repels aka expansion,the way and the math behind is hard tho lol
Why the extras dimensions need to be small ? maybe they are too large to see. Just like a 2D creature has no idea of the 3rd dimension but in reality its all around him, similarly maybe the extra dimensions are everywhere but being 3D creatures, we can not see them. there is no sense in saying that a dimension is 'small' or 'large'. dimensions does not have a size themselves. dimensions are the directions towards which we measure size.
+Marv3Lthe1 Maybe, maybe, you might be right. But theoretical physicists make predictions and create philosophical extentions based on the physics proven and observed in reality. You might be right, but nothing right now leads scientists to feel the urgency to look in that perspective. But there are underlying structures describing quarks behavior which leads them to believe quarks can embody some form energy we cannot easily detect.
Easy. It's small because it's the small stuff that we are sending to those other dimensions with the cern collider thing. If big ass shit was to be disappearing then the other dimensions would be big.
+Ya Lee Indeed gentleman, quite quite
Marv3Lthe1 you're right dimensions have no relative size. everything from a quartz to the entire universe could be considered as 1 measurement of a dimension and every thing inbetween. however the problem with dimension is no dimension can be proven, yet we know they exist. such as the 3dimensions of space, we can't prove any direction but we know it's there, and time cannot be proven or quantified but we know relatively our own standard of time, choice cannot be proven either as once we say "yes" we cannot prove the out come of " no" when answering a question and so on. so dimensions cannot be proven yet can be as big or small as anything and everything.
I think of all dimensions as a bunch of organic fractals. Whether zooming in or out, size is all relative and can only *be* relative to the objects within them(the respective dimensions). Much like the end of MIB only instead of existing in marbles, we're in something else's particles, being waved off by their appendages whilst fanning the air. (hope this was at least cool to read/think about, I know a year late but it's dope to see people actively engaged in their interests.)
Why am I like this..
this whole time I was reading the comments and not even paying attention .
BlazeRip 🤣🤣🤣same man
That 'x' on annoying ads......Maybe that is from other dimension too
On my opinion, the BEST ted talk ever!
He speaks so good!
Basically, he is saying that everything in the whole universe even atoms etc. Is made by vibrating strings of energy which creates different dimensions.
external dimensions fluctuating inside and outside of the string field elements which run through the whole of space. String field elements are the outer boundaries that the fluctuating external dimensions encompass. The string fields and their elements occupy all space within our conscious dimension including all conscious bodies in the conscious foundation of the fabric of organic space.
@@richardcochrane5016 wow read that over a lot and still doesn't make sense
@@TristanTriedIt lmaoo same
@@TristanTriedIt same
@@richardcochrane5016 You will make a wonderful teacher
I'll be a physicist just by listening to this guy for days!
This might explain where my pen disappeared into when it fell down in my classroom
This is the best comment I've seen in a long time lol
If you getting bored. Pls get back to the video, and focus. Read comments afterwards.
So birds don't fly they just walk on different dimension.
OMG WTF
i need you to elaborate please. for me
Accidentally you said something very important, you just said it as a joke or you seriously have some reason behind it? I want to know, can you explain that for me please.
They walk with their wings in the form of lift off of the fluid known as air. A function of mass, gravity, lift and thrust. The bird moves through the medium known as air that is (supposedly) made of particles that are really just forms of energy in different dimensions. Thus the bird is walking on different dimensions.
@@sanju5551 sir its not something important 😂😂 btw nice joke
That’s a brilliant explanation. Why would anyone give this a thumbs down?
Those are the 'lol god/s did it' people
@@equilibrium_69I don’t think so I think this further proves the existence of a God because of how finely tuned our universe is
Haaaave you met physicist Ted Mosby?
ℓσℓ.... υ ѕσυи∂ ℓιкє вαяиєу ѕтєиѕσи!
yees that was great😂 made me laugh
I GET THE REFERENCE WOW XD
Anharul Islam i dont 😂
I actually was thinking the same while watching the video...
I’m so glad that I finally got to go to college and study physics, I’ll be studying this theory in two years!!!!
I’ve read and watched a number of Brian Greene lectures. I’ve noticed he’s looking a bit more stressed and talking faster.
But to be fair he only has 15 minutes to describe a topic he normally takes longer to do in this Ted talk 😂
Brian is awesome. I’m not a physics major by any means so listening to him describe reality is very nice.
I wish he could describe the mathematics involved to fully understand these concepts as easily but I’m glad I can understand and absorb as much as I can otherwise.
Than you Brian 👍
I just finished a six pack.. why am i trying to understand string theory?
Why not
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Because that's exactly how those people invented string theory.
Try thinking about theoretical physics on lsd
Because alcohol makes you more motivated and excited. I actually like to have a few beers when im trying to learn about something because it helps me stay more interested in the topic. Just no more than a few tho lmao
What if it isn't that the particles colliding send debris into new dimensions (dimensions where we can't measure energy)? What if the particles colliding at such a high speed produce a new form of energy or translate it in a new way that is currently undetectable with any instruments we use to measure energy?
we will worry about that when it actually happens lmao
@@GoodGuyBolt how do we know when it happens if it’s unreadable/undetectable/unmeasurable?
@@theshado4304 energy does not just simply disappear, because that would break the laws of physics. Therefore, we can actually detect if any amount of energy is lost, and then research what happened with the energy
@@GoodGuyBolt yes that’s true for the energy we do know about; emphasis on the “new form of energy or……” in the original comment = something (does not necessarily need to be defined as energy as it does not behave as the energy our current physics define) that is, like they said un-detectable/readable/measurable so how would we know
@@theshado4304 I mean, that’s a bit sci-fi, but I like wild ideas. The thing is, if we see something abnormal happening to the particles, then that would indicate something. What that thing could be would have to be researched. But if something we can’t notice happens, then the question is why would we care? If it doesn’t affect our reality, we just ignore it basically. It wouldn’t lead to any technological advancements so we wouldn’t have to research something that “doesn’t exist”. It’s like trying to prove/disprove the existence of god. We can’t see, feel or sense any signs of a god, that’s why it wouldn’t really affect us wether he exist or not. It’s a matter of belief rather than research 🤷🏻♂️
I know this a late reaction, but - wow - what a great way to explain this very difficult subject to a novice like myself. It could not have been clearer. Thank you for that, Brian. Amazing👌. Greetings from Holland🌷
Now let's imagine out teachers explaining the same
"Why You no Understand?It is easy! Read and Learn it up to write about it in exam"
- Teachers
They’d just say that’s theres things inside a thing in a part of the nucleus that vibrates and we can see it in another dimension.
Not to mention imaginary
Bruh if I had to teach this I’d just throw up this video
Present day teachers?…won’t happen. Too focused on the mundane.
I understood this better than the time heist in endgame!
Shivanth M Really? The Time Heist had a pretty simple science.
i know i am late but that time heist was a insult to physics . period .
After watching one Ted Talk I'm applying to Harvard
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I am currently obsessed with String Theory bc since around the time Covid began I've been having "crazy" ideas, thoughts and experiences about existence, time travel, afterlife, paranormal, multiverses, space, time, perspective, brain and memory functions, disease, blood types, predispositions, etc.. and after learning the basics of this theory I feel like it may explain it all in one way or another. My family has even sent me to rehab after 3 clean drug tests bc I opened up about the thoughts I'd been having.. but when I went there I found so many of my peers have had similar experiences and thoughts during this pandemic which has led to a higher than normal rate of worldwide death. I was raised pentecostal so spirits and the supernatural and religion have always been important in my life. I have said many times that God decided to bypass the apocalyptic Christian Revelation, and instead, disperse life across multiverses and eventually we'll all be able to not only rest, but live and store memories forever (exist immortally), in peace.
So.. Covid.. population control, population disbursement, or the rapture in God Time (slowmo)?
Ahh.. I'm rambling again. Anybody out there who can relate?
I relate
String theory seems to revolve around the word "if".
t h e o r y
2robdot you shot your own leg bro
In modern science, the term "theory" refers to scientific theories, a well-confirmed type of explanation of nature, made in a way consistent with scientific method, and fulfilling the criteria required by modern science. Such theories are described in such a way that scientific tests should be able to provide empirical support for it, or empirical contradiction ("falsify") of it.
@@2robdot Physical theories are not proven. You are confusing them with mathematical theorems.
Physical theories may be falsified by evidence. Conversely, if enough supporting evidence is gathered, our confidence in the theory increases. But even if it is disproven, a theory remains a theory.
A theory is based on one or more hypotheses. For instance, Newton’s gravitational theory is based on the hypothesis that the gravitational force is instantaneous, proportional to inertial mass and the inverse square of distance, and points in the direction of its source. Alternatively, the same theory can be obtained using the hypothesis that the gravitational potential (of which the force is its vector gradient) is proportional to the inertial mass of the source and inversely proportional to the distance.
Oftentimes, a theory is something very broad, perhaps better described as a theoretical framework. Quantum field theory is a good example. It is a broad theoretical framework that describes fundamental physics in the form of interacting, operator-valued (quantized) fields. By itself, this is not very useful (nor is it testable) until additional hypotheses are introduced that tell us what these fields are. So when we talk about the Standard Model of particle physics, the framework of that model is quantum field theory, but that framework is made specific by introducing the “particle content”: the fields of leptons, quarks, gauge bosons and the Higgs scalar that, put together, and along with the QFT framework, constitute the Standard Model. This now has predictions that can be (and have been) tested in particle physics experiments.
@sean sean sean sean i dont think he went to school either
Sounds like String Theory found the universe’s amino acids. Like in biological the different shapes of these acids form different proteins, similar to the filaments of energy. Staying with this comparison, I wonder what can be characterized as the universe’s dna?
Always a pleasure to hear Brian Green! Thanks!
This was the most amazingly explained video on string theory I have seen, and this is coming from someone who has watched over 20 videos or so- His students would be lucky :)