Oh?!

I've heard the term 'String Theory' bouncing around for a while now and I finally decided that I need to know what it is actually about.

Basically, it is insane! It goes against anything I have ever learnt or believe in the world around me and that feels pretty awesome actually!! The basic definition that I found is that string theory is an attempt to unite quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity (we are trying to find a theory of everything) by saying that fundamental particles arent point-like but actually 1 dimensional string structures which vibrate. Worse still is that for this to work, other than our current 4 dimentsional (legnth width height and time) there needs to be 6 other dimensions somewhere?! This theory isn't finalised or fully accepted  but its pretty fascinating! Plus I found the word 'supersymmetric' - I'm too afraid to find out what it means incase it isn't as awesome as it sounds!

Ps. I finally built up the courage to google - the word was too awesome for me - wikepedia says that it 'is a symmetry that relates elementary particles of one spin to other particles that differ by half a unit of spin and are known as superpartners.' it then went on to talk about bosons (basically the only word I recognised in a sentence) and I felt a little out of my depth! For now I'm better to be content with a little bit of ignorance I think!