String Theory or Loop Quantum Gravity – Which One Should We Believe? | Jim Baggott

Jim Baggott compares string theory and loop quantum gravity, explaining why some physicists favour one theory over the over.

Jim Baggott is a freelance science writer. He was a lecturer in chemistry at the University of Reading but left to work with Shell International Petroleum Company, and then as an independent business consultant and trainer. His many books include Mass (OUP, 2017), Origins (OUP, 2015), Higgs (OUP, 2012), The Quantum Story (OUP, 2011), and A Beginner's Guide to Reality (Penguin, 2005).

© Oxford University Press