What's it like studying string theory at Oxford?

What is string theory, and how do you study it? Learn more about the equations of the theory in the bonus video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/simonclark-e...
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String theory and machine learning - two hot topics in physics, but how do you combine them? I'm talking to Thomas, a PhD student at the University of Oxford - my alma mater - about his research, and life at Oxford. Along the way I get to do some reflecting on my experience studying at Oxford, and how things have changed since then.

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Edited by Luke Negus.

Studying string theory at the university of oxford. What's it like studying a PhD at Oxford in string theory? What is string theory? How do you combine machine learning with string theory? I talk to Thomas, a grad student at the University of Oxford about his PhD research in string theory, and how he uses machine learning to advance physics.

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