20th-century theoretical physics achieved extraordinary results. From quantum field theory providing a framework for elementary particle interactions, to general relativity modelling space-time, these theories should be able to capture all the physical phenomena we observe in laboratories. But this is not the case.

Join physicist Davide de Bassio to discover how, when combined, these theories are not only contradictory but incompatible. Of all the possible solutions proposed by physicists to unify these theories, the most viable so far is string theory, which assumes that everything emerges from the vibrations of microscopic, one-dimensional objects.

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