Top string theorist gives brief but educational review of smolin and woit

josh1

You`ll find the review - to be published in "American Scientist" magazine - by the discoverer of D-branes, Joe Polchinski, here:

http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/12/07...tring-debates/

George Jones

The question of string theory's position on dark energy is an interesting one.

A few days ago, I read in Smolin's book that string theory had a problem with dark energy. A few minutes ago, I read in Polchinski's article that this wasn't so, and that, in fact, string theory predicted (Weinberg) dark energy before it was found!

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josh1	Top string theorist gives brief but educational review of smolin and woit Tweet You`ll find the review - to be published in "American Scientist" magazine - by the discoverer of D-branes, Joe Polchinski, here: http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/12/07...tring-debates/

George Jones Mentor	The question of string theory's position on dark energy is an interesting one. A few days ago, I read in Smolin's book that string theory had a problem with dark energy. A few minutes ago, I read in Polchinski's article that this wasn't so, and that, in fact, string theory predicted (Weinberg) dark energy before it was found!