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Graduate Finding achievable research topics in theoretical physics

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Graduate Learning path for loop quantum gravity beyond basics

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Undergrad Compatability of physics equations

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Graduate Triangulating Baez and Rovelli

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Graduate What is the Mathematical Foundation of Super String and M Theory?

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Graduate Can a Quanta of Gravity Exist Alone?

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Graduate Is There a Minimum Value in String Theory?

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Graduate TOE - possible breakthrough concepts

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Graduate Background Independent Quantum Gravity-new survey paper

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What Inspired Keats' Vision on Darien's Peak?

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Graduate Does String theory resolve the information paradox?

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Graduate Contest: The most interesting article of the day: Pioline + Waldron

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Graduate What Mathematical Branch Studies Relations Between Multisets and Normal Sets?

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Graduate Evidence supporting the existense of tachyons?

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Graduate Kaluza-Klein Theory and spatial curvature

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Graduate Philosophical issues of background (in)dependence in QG (long)

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Graduate New Field Theory vs quantum theory on electromagnetic fields

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Graduate Non-commutative operations on natural numbers and rooted trees

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Graduate Understanding GSW 2.2.3: Questions on Vertexoperators and Symmetric Traces

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Graduate Twistorial String Field Theory

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Graduate Looking for notes on guage geometry.

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Superstringtheory.com reopened ? No.

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Graduate Popular accounts of emergent spacetime in string theory

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Graduate IIRC, ToE not possible, per Goedel

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Graduate Residual conformal symmetry in GSW

  • Rene Meyer
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Undergrad Is gravity a force or spacetime curvature?

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Undergrad Symmetry breaking, what is it?

  • Mike2
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Graduate Could string bits encode the universe's fundamental algorithm?

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Most popular forums and boards for theoretical physicists

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Graduate Why can't we verify string theory with calculations?

  • aychamo
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Graduate Is Non-Perturbative String Theory Bound to a Single Vacuum State?

  • Creighton Hogg
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Graduate Understanding String Field Theory and Its Role in the Study of String Theory

  • Creighton Hogg
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Graduate What is a probe D-brane in string theory?

  • Creighton Hogg
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Graduate What Are Stratified Manifolds and Their Role in Theoretical Physics?

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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Graduate What are the best sources for researching M Theory?

  • Piscesboy
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Graduate What is the Plank unit explanation for the gravitational constant G?

  • Jade Falcon
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Graduate What is Local Infinitesimal Motion (LIM) and its significance in physics?

  • Antonio Lao
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Graduate What creates particles in quantum mechanics and string theory?

  • Mike2
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Graduate Unlock the Concept of TOE: Electric Charge & Mass

  • Antonio Lao
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The Duel: Strings versus Loops by Rudy Vaas

  • marcus
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Graduate Dorothea Bahns: The Invariant Charges of the Nambu-Goto String

  • marcus
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Graduate Will Superstring Theory Win a Nobel Prize by 2020?

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Graduate Are Two Copies of the Virasoro Algebra Equivalent to Diff(S^1)xDiff(S^1)?

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Graduate Does the Higgs Boson Support or Contradict String Theory?

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Undergrad How do extra dimensions work in string theory?

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Graduate Does string provide a quantum gravity theory?

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Graduate String Cosmology Review Paper?

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Music Formula: Transistor Theory Applied

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Graduate Why Is Action Considered a Fundamental Concept in Physics?

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Graduate Planck units and the smallest physical scales

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Graduate Can M theory/strings explane dark matter/enegy?

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Graduate Michio Kaku on the theory of everything and wormholes

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Graduate Woit's idea of a Better Holy Grail

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Graduate Josh Willis replies to comment on LQG and the diffeomorphism group

  • marcus
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Graduate THING & ITS LAW: Unifying Nature, Productive Force & Cognitive Ability

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Graduate Understanding Energy in Time-Space

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Graduate Could Every Particle Actually be a Point Singularity?

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Graduate How was the Planck length (or time) calculated?

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Graduate Separable Hilbert Space in Loop Quantum Gravity

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Graduate Gravitational Theories in Higher Dimensions

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Graduate Introductory Interactive Online String Theory Seminar at the String Coffee Table

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Graduate Your pick of the latest LQG papers

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Graduate Theory on why no T.O.E. can be made.

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Graduate Call For Votes for sci.physics.strings

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Graduate Is light wave energy equivalent to mass?

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Graduate A new T.o.E. I have to start a new thread. The other one's messy.

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Graduate Ashtekar connection: real or complex, and weak energy condition in loop gravity

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Graduate Studying physics in universities

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Graduate How can gravitons pass so effortlessly through a solid?

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Graduate What technologies might a theory of everything enable?

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Undergrad Is the Big Bang Part of a Repeating Cosmic Pattern?

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Graduate Five Super-string theories and one M-Theory = 6

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Graduate Could the Unified Field Theory be Right Under Our Noses?

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Graduate Urs bid for amazing loop understanding?

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High School String theory science fair project ideas for high school

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I have a humble plan to create a T.o.E.

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Graduate Quarks are the solution to the GUT

  • Terry Giblin
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Graduate Witten's original papers on M-theory

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Graduate Number of Calabi-Yau Manifolds in Superstring Theories

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Graduate What is an Orbibundle? Explanation

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Graduate A brief history about development of String Theories

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Graduate Polchinski Excercise Question - delta function

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Graduate Ashtekar's Shadow states paper

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Graduate Requirements for a theory of Quantum Gravity, or Theory of Everything

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Graduate Does Heisenberg's uncertainty principle push particles together?

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Graduate Is Gravity in String Theory a Problem for Multiple Universes?

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Graduate Was Einstein Wrong About Singularity Theory?

  • Sariaht
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Graduate Are Forces in Different Dimensions Actually the Same?

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Graduate String theory objections and responses

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Graduate Online copy? Background Independent Quantum Gravity: a Status Report

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Graduate Comparing Polchinski, Szabo, and Kiritsis string theory books

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Graduate Can 2-Brane Structure Describe Universe?

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Graduate Are Black Holes Actually Fuzzballs of Tangled Strings?

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Graduate What is the Category Theory formulation of LQG?

  • marcus
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Graduate Can Linear Wormholes Revolutionize Spacecraft Fuel Recycling?

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Graduate Isham's category theory approach to quantizing spacetime

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Graduate Urs Schneider's allegations about the Ashtekar Shadow states paper

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Graduate When did we first realize that more than four dimensions may exist?

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Graduate Do Gravitons Exist in the 4th Spatial Dimension?

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Brian Greene's Fabric of the Cosmos

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