Research report 2007 - Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
How many dimensions has our world?
Authors
Theisen, Stefan; Pössel, Markus
Departments
Quantengravitation und vereinheitlichte Theorien (Prof. Dr. Hermann Nicolai), MPI für Gravitationsphysik, Golm
Summary
String theory is a central player in our search for a consistent theory of quantum gravity. The theory forces us to re-evaluate familiar conceptions of space and time. In the following article this shall be illustrated with examples.