NOVA · SEASON 31
The Elegant Universe: Welcome to the 11th Dimension (3)
Episode 5 · 2003-11-04
- Documentary
Episode overview
Part 3 of "The Elegant Universe” with host Brian Greene shows how 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. Ten...eleven...who's counting? But the new 11th dimension implies that strings can come in shapes called membranes, or "branes" for short. These have truly science fiction-like qualities, since in principle they can be as large as the universe. A brane can even be a universe—a parallel universe—and we may be living on one right now.
55 minutes
Season 31 episodes
1. Infinite Secrets2003-09-30
2. Who Killed the Red Baron?2003-10-07
3. The Elegant Universe: Einstein's Dream (1)2003-10-28
4. The Elegant Universe: String's the Thing (2)2003-10-28
5. The Elegant Universe: Welcome to the 11th Dimension (3)2003-11-04
6. Wright Brothers' Flying Machine2003-11-11
7. Magnetic Storm2003-11-18
8. Volcano Above the Clouds2003-11-25
9. MARS Dead or Alive2004-01-04
10. Secrets of the Crocodile Caves2004-01-20
11. Dogs and More Dogs2004-02-03
12. Descent Into the Ice2004-02-10
13. Crash of Flight 1112004-02-17
14. Life and Death in the War Zone2004-03-02
15. Hunt for the Supertwister2004-03-30
16. World in the Balance: The People Paradox (1)2004-04-20
17. World in the Balance: China Revs Up (2)2004-04-20
18. Battle Plan Under Fire2004-05-04
