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The Crisis in Cosmology

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Sound Waves from the Beginning of Time

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Why String Theory is Wrong

Season 5 Episode 6

There’s this idea that beauty is a powerful guide to truth in the mathematics of physical theory. String theory is certainly beautiful in the eyes of many physicists. Beautiful enough to pursue even if it’s wrong?

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