I’ve spent something like 17 years working on a theory for which there is essentially no direct experimental support.
Brian GreeneFar from being accidental details, the properties of nature's basic building blocks are deeply entwined with the fabric of space and time.
Brian GreeneIf string theory is right, the microscopic fabric of our universe is a richly intertwined multidimensional labyrinth within which the strings of the universe endlessly twist and vibrate, rhythmically beating out the laws of the cosmos.
Brian GreeneIn any finite region of space, matter can only arrange itself in a finite number of configurations, just as a deck of cards can be arranged in only finitely many different orders. If you shuffle the deck infinitely many times, the card orderings must necessarily repeat.
Brian Greene