Michael Duff interviewed by Graham Farmelo

The Universe Speaks in Numbers

Sep 2, 201921:00Science & Medicine

Graham’s guest in this edition is the membrane pioneer Michael Duff. Soon after the Second String Theory Revolution, which began in 1995, membranes became widely acknowledged to be a crucial part of our understanding of...

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