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Eugenio Calabi, who died on September 25, conceived of novel geometric objects that later became fundamental to string theory.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Not that it takes away from his excellent work, but it should be said that string theory is now considered to be a failed idea. It isn't so much that it's wrong as it is that it's largely untestable and the theory has become too complex and "ugly" to make work.