Uncovering the Codes for Reality (March 01, 2012)




On Being with Krista Tippett show

Summary: Could codes like we see in computer programs be in the DNA of the cosmos? The physicist James Gates is a leading string theorist who is evolving mathematics to convey truth much like poetry does. He reveals why string theory stretches our imaginations about the fundamental nature of reality. And he shares what his life in science has taught him about how fallibility makes us more complete, and imagination makes us more knowledgeable.