The Mathematician Who Shaped String Theory | Quanta Magazine
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Eugenio Calabi, who died on September 25, conceived of novel geometric objects that later became fundamental to string theory.

Eugenio Calabi, who died on September 25, conceived of novel geometric objects that later became fundamental to string theory.

  • Live Your Lives@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Not that it takes away from his excellent work, but it should be said that string theory is now considered to be a failed idea. It isn’t so much that it’s wrong as it is that it’s largely untestable and the theory has become too complex and “ugly” to make work.