String Theory

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Basically, the strings come from someone called something who noticed that the microverse (really tiny stuff) is not only weird, but downright impossible with the current definition of quarks as a "point" (zero dimensions, no length, nor width or depth). However, a lot of pieces fell into place if you replaced the points with strings (one dimension, still no width or depth, but length).

Now, I don't quite know why there is a need for all of those dimensions, but I should guess it has something to do with the vibrations needed to represent all the different qualities of the quarks.

About that "all matter are waves on a string": A bit off the mark, but pretty close. What the problem really was about in the beginning was how to define light; is it a stream of particles, or is it a form of radiation? Both are true. And the same goes for basically all forms of matter. As the mass of the matter increases, however, the wave-qualities recede and so far, the biggest object science has been able to prove has radiation-qualities is a Bucky Ball (as far as I know, anyway), which is a ball of carbon atoms, usually 60-70 of them.

That's how I've understood it anyways, if anyone's got objections, speak 'em. I'm no expert on these things.