Now, critics say this makes string theory unscientific.

现在，反对者们说 这让弦理论变得不科学。

The leading and only candidate for that is string theory.

主要和唯一候选者是弦理论。

Will we learn about black holes, wormholes, and string theory?

我们会学习黑洞，蛀洞和弦理论吗？

String theory promised to unify all fundamental forces of the universe.

弦理论可以统合宇宙中所有的基本作用力。

Gentlemen, is anybody interested in my old string theory books?

先生们，有没有人对我弦理论的旧书感兴趣的?

String theory quickly graduated to a possible theory of everything.

弦理论很快的成为了可能解释一切的理论。

No. She helped Barry Kripke make an advancement in string theory.

没有。她帮巴里·克里普奇在线理论上做出突破。

For very old string theory wormholes, that's the cosmic strings job.

在旧弦理论虫洞中，那是宇宙弦的事。

Unfortunately, string theory comes with a lot of strings attached.

不幸的是，弦理论有许多特殊的限制。

String Theory by David Foster Wallace. You know, tennis is kind of amazing.

David Foster Wallace 的《网球拍弦理论(暂译)》。你知道，网球有点令人赞叹。

String theory requires ten dimensions to work out.

弦理论需要以十维的世界来运作。

You know, I didn't seek out string theory.

其实我也不是生下来就是要研究弦理论的。

Well, she might be interested to know that I have refocused my research from bosonic string theory to heterotic string theory.

她可能会有兴趣知道，我重新把我的研究重心从玻色弦理论重新转到了杂交超弦理论上。

Hang on a second. Loop quantum gravity clearly offers more testable predictions than string theory.

等等，环量子引力明显比弦理论提供了更多可证的预测。

We also created new problems in the process: sudoku, tax forms, string theory.

数独、税表、弦论。

In order for string theory to work properly, it has to have these extra space dimensions.

为了使弦理论正常工作，它必须有这些额外的空间维度。

And then, you have to ask yourself, well, why do people like string theory so much?

然后，你要问自己，为什么人们这么喜欢弦理论？

Currently, you're being paid under a grant to specifically research string theory.

目前大学给你的研究基金是只能做特定领域研究的。

" Wow ...string theory, multidimensional reality, and matter displacement, " he said, completely geeking out. " All real? "

“哇… … 弦理论、多维现实和物质位移，”他完全沉迷其中地说道，“都是真的？”

Wow! Yeah. Well, it's just some quantum mechanics with a little string theory doodling around the edges.

哇哦！就是些量子力学而已，边上我随便胡写了一点弦理论。