报告题目：Reaching for Einstein's Dream: In Search of the Unified Theory

报 告 人：Brian Greene，Professor, Columbia University，Director of Columbia’s Institute for Strings, Cosmology, and Astroparticle Physics

报告时间：2013年12月15日19:30-20:30

报告地点：金沙总站6165地址主楼报告厅

报告摘要：In the middle of the 20th century, Albert Einstein articulated the dream of a unified theory of physics. He worked passionately to find it, but came up empty handed. In more recent decades, physicists have proposed that string theory may be the unified theory. But research has revealed that string theory offers its challenges, including more spatial dimensions than the three we experience, the possibility of other universes, and the difficulty of making contact with experiments. In this talk, which presumes no background on the part of the audience, I'll describe the search for the unified theory from Einstein through the forefront of cutting-edge research.