Single Idea 19476

[catalogued under 27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 5. Unified Models / b. String theory]

Full Idea

String theory needs at least 10 space-time dimensions to be mathematically consistent.

Gist of Idea

String theory needs at least 10 space-time dimensions

Source

New Scientist writers (New Scientist articles [2013], 2013.06.15)

Book Reference

-: 'New Scientist magazine' [ 2013], p.36


A Reaction

Apparently because of 'Ads/CFT', it may be possible to swap this situation for a more tractable 4-dimensional version.