The Elegant Universe

One of the most ambitious and exciting theories ever proposed—one that may be the long-sought "theory of everything," which eluded even Einstein—gets a masterful, lavishly computer-animated explanation from bestselling author-physicist Brian Greene, when NOVA presents the nuts, bolts, and sometimes outright nuttiness of string theory.

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Status	Ended
Original Name	The Elegant Universe
First Air Date	October 28, 2003
Last Air Date	November 4, 2003
Seasons	1
Episodes	3
Episode Runtime	2h 30min
Language	English
Original Language	English
Production Countries	—
Production Companies	NOVA
Networks	PBS

S01E03

Welcome to the 11th Dimension

Edward Witten of Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study, aided by others, revolutionized string theory by successfully uniting the five different versions into a single theory that is cryptically named "M-theory," a development that requires a total of eleven dimensions.

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