The Elegant Universe
The Elegant Universe
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The Elegant Universe

7.8 / 10
2003
1 season
3 episodes
Documentary

One of the most ambitious and exciting theories ever proposed—one that may be the long-sought "theory of everything," which eluded even Einstein—gets a masterful, lavishly computer-animated explanation from bestselling author-physicist Brian Greene, when NOVA presents the nuts, bolts, and sometimes outright nuttiness of string theory.

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Trailer The Elegant Universe met Brian Greene

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  • Einstein's Dream

    1.Einstein's Dream

    28-10-2003

    Introduces string theory and shows how modern physics—composed of two theories that are ferociously incompatible—reached its schizophrenic impasse: One theory, general relativity,...

  • String's the Thing

    2.String's the Thing

    28-10-2003

    Opens with a whimsical scene in a movie theater in which the history of the universe runs backwards to the Big Bang, the moment at which general relativity and quantum mechanics bo...

  • Welcome to the 11th Dimension

    3.Welcome to the 11th Dimension

    04-11-2003

    Edward Witten of Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study, aided by others, revolutionized string theory by successfully uniting the five different versions into a single theory th...

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