Most of us are happy to admit that we do not understand, say, string theory in physics, yet we are all convinced we understand evolution.
虽然我们大多数人乐于承认，比如说，我们不懂物理学中的弦理论，但我们都确信我们理解进化。
So if OPERA's results hold up, they could provide support for the existence of sterile neutrinos, extra dimensions and perhaps string theory.
因此，如果OPERA的实验结果站得住脚，它们就可以支持惰性中微子、额外维度、也许还有弦理论的存在。
And we have one theory, m theory or string theory, suggests that the constants of nature are pegged to fields that can vary across space in time.
我们有一个理论，M理论或弦理论，认为自然界的常数，是钉在“场”里的，它们随时间和空间而变化。
And what that means, within string theory, is that we may be living on one of those gigantic surfaces, and there can be other surfaces floating out there in space.
根据弦理论，我们只是居住在很多这样的巨型平面中的一个上面，其他地方可能还漂浮着别的薄膜。
So I admire this man who could not only deal with string theory but also play the bongos.
所以说，我之所以敬佩费曼不仅仅是因为他能够处理高深的弦理论，而且因为他鼓打得不赖。
Proponents say that string theory is elegant and beautiful.
支持者称弦理论是一流的和很好的理论。
Today the most popular approach to quantum gravity is string theory, which researchers hope could describe happenings in the universe at the most fundamental level.
目前研究量子引力最常用的方法是超弦理论，研究人员希望它能描述宇宙在最基本层面上的活动。
However, most string theory models are based upon certain mathematical assumptions, and what we ve shown is that such string theories have some definite predictions that can be tested.
然而，大多数弦理论模式都是基于确定的数学猜想，我们所需要说明的东西就是此类弦理论有一些明确的预测可以检测到。
It's true that nobody has any good idea of how to test string theory, but who's to say someone won't wake up tomorrow morning and think of one?
确实，怎样检验弦理论，现在没有什么好主意，但是谁又能说某人明早醒来时不会想出一个好主意呢？
I'm betting my career that it's string theory.
我拿我的事业来打赌就是弦理论。
That's why string theory also is sometimes called a theory of everything, because it could serve someday as a foundation for all future scientific discovery and innovation.
这就是为什么有时候弦论被称为一切的理论，因为有一天它会成为所有未来科学发现和革新的基础。
Even today, while we've witnessed stupendous progress and the resolution of problems many thought beyond reach, a final assessment of string theory remains elusive.
即使今天，当我们目击了弦理论的惊人进展和许多还未实现的好想法，弦理论的终点还是无法捉摸。
But string theory has been around for decades without delivering the goods, and that failure has encouraged the protagonists of an alternative explanation to push themselves forward.
但是超弦理论已活跃了几十年，却没有什么突破。超弦理论的失败激励了另一种理论的倡导者。
Upon returning home, Duff checked his notebooks from a few years earlier, and realized the formulas were the same as those he developed to use string theory to describe black holes.
在回家的途中，达夫检查了他几年以来的笔记，同时意识到那些公式与他自己建立的公式相同，他的那些公式是用弦论去描述黑洞。
This can be measured in a lab, and the results will demonstrate whether string theory actually works.
这可以在实验室中进行测量，而且结果将证明弦论是否真正有效。
Since we don t have a complete understanding of string theory, it s impossible to rule out all possible models that are based on strings, said Rothstein.
罗斯丁说，“由于我们没有完全理解弦理论，因此不能排除基于弦的各种可能模式。”
A new study says string theory can be tested by observing the behavior of entangled quantum particles.
一项最新研究认为，弦论能够通过观察纠缠态的量子粒子的行为表现进行检验。
Greene thinks the key to understanding these multiverses comes from string theory, the area of physics he has studied for the past 25 years.
格林尼认为理解多元宇宙的关键是弦理论。过去的25年间，他一直在研究弦理论。
These cosmic strings are predicted by most models of the universe, such as the string theory wherein two kinds of “strings” are unrelated.
大部分宇宙模型都有预测宇宙弦，比如弦理论里两种互不相干的“弦”。
Other theories of quantum gravity, including string theory and loop quantum gravity, are far more difficult for newcomers to embrace.
量子引力的其它理论，包括弦论和圈量子引力，对新人来说都更难以涉足其中。
But in recent years, it has emerged as one of the hottest new fields in biology, similar to string theory in physics or the search for extraterrestrial life in astronomy.
但是近年来，它成为生物学最热门的新领域之一，就像弦论之于物理学，或像寻找外星生命之于天文学。
String theory, one route to quantum gravity, gives an unsatisfactorily vague answer: space can have anything from zero to 10 dimensions.
弦理论，它作为一条通向量子引力的道路，对上述的这个问题，只是提供了一个含糊不清的答案，不能使人满意：空间，既然可以从零维到10维。
Of its many predecessors, the most popular is string theory.
在它的众多先驱里，最著名的当属弦论。
Using string theory math, Duff predicted the pattern that would occur when four quantum bits are entangled with each other.
使用弦论数学，达夫预测了当四个量子位元相互纠缠时将会发生的模式。
In a nutshell, string theory attempts to reconcile a mathematical conflict between two already accepted ideas in physics: quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity.
简单说，弦理论力求解决物理学中已认可的两个理论间的矛盾：量子力学和广义相对论。
He had campaigned to keep string theorists out of the Harvard physics department and when it embraced string theory, he left.
他曾经组织运动阻止哈佛研究超弦论，但是最后当哈佛开始搞超弦论的时候，他就义无反顾的走人了。
String theory smooths out the mathematical inconsistencies that currently exist between quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity.
弦理论缓和了量子力学和相对论之间的数学矛盾。
In spite of a present lack of such evidence, Jackson is confident string theory will weather the storm.
虽然现在缺少诸如此类的一个证据，Jackson对弦理论能历尽风雨有信心。
In spite of a present lack of such evidence, Jackson is confident string theory will weather the storm.
虽然现在缺少诸如此类的一个证据，Jackson对弦理论能历尽风雨有信心。
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