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String theory and the hidden structures of the universe - Clifford Johnson

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What is everything made of? Thus far, we can break everything in the universe down to a few very small elementary particles. But they fit into strange patterns that are not understood. Some scientists believe that this is because we can go deeper - perhaps to simple vibrating strings! At TEDYouth 2012, Clifford Johnson describes these ideas, along with the concept of string theory.

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When you try in your every day life to figure out how something works, you are looking for what Clifford Johnson calls ____________.

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