[Drand] ScientiFika 15/03 – Johannes Lahnsteiner - 'String Theory: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'

[Nikki Arendse]

Dear Juniors, this is a reminder of the ScientiFika today at 16:00 at Nordita. Johannes Lahnsteiner will talk about string theory.

Place: NORDITA Floor 6 - Fika area (in-person only).
Address: AlbaNova University Center, Hannes Alfvéns väg 12

We hope to see you there!
Nadia, Guilherme and Nikki

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Subject: [Scientific fika] ScientiFika 15/03 – Johannes Lahnsteiner - 'String Theory: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'


Dear Juniors,

It is my pleasure to announce this week's ScientiFika. Join us on Friday the 15th of March at 16:00 for delicious Swedish pastries and an interesting talk by Johannes Lahnsteiner about string theory.

Our brand new website www.scientifika.se<http://www.scientifika.se/> is online! Made by Ludwig Neste.

We're looking for someone to join the ScientiFika organisation committee! Reply to this message if you're interested or would like more information. Deadline: March 15.


Johannes Lahnsteiner

String Theory: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

The ultimate dream of reductionists has always been to find a theoretical framework that unifies all theories. One framework that can accurately describe all forms of matter and interactions. By accident, particle physicists of the 1960s stumbled over a candidate for such a framework and christened it string theory. In the public perception, it rose to be the wunderkind of theoretical physics, promising to finally achieve the ultimate theory of everything and solve the problem of quantum gravity and whatever else you might have been worried about. Fast-forward 60 years; a lot of the initial excitement has faded, string theory turned out to really be a theory of anything rather than everything, and proponents are accused of being *lost in math*.
In this talk I want to present an overview of what string theory truly promises, what it achieves, and where it fails. I will recount what happened during the superstring revolutions, ponder what to do with the swampland, and explain why string theory remains as the leading candidate for quantum gravity to this day.


Place: NORDITA Floor 6 - Fika area (in-person only).
Address: AlbaNova University Center, Hannes Alfvéns väg 12

We're looking forward to seeing you!
Nadia, Guilherme and Nikki

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