23–27 Mar 2015
Erice (Sicily) - Italy
Europe/Rome timezone

String Theory and Quantum Gravity

26 Mar 2015, 09:30
45m
Erice (Sicily) - Italy

Erice (Sicily) - Italy

Speaker

Luis Alday (University of Oxford)

Description

Well known problems arise when trying to construct a quantum theory of gravity. After introducing string theory, we will review how string theory addresses these problems (and other problems in theoretical physics), and at which cost.

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