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String theory: How many dimensions are there?

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We are all familiar with four dimensions – three of space (left and right, back and forth, up and down) and one of time. But American theoretical physicist Brian Greene explains how there may be at least six more hidden dimensions, according to string theory. (Image: String theory, a conceptual image, Credit: Science Photo Library.)

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