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Five key ideas are at the heart of string theory and come up again and again. It’s best for you to become familiar with these key concepts right off the bat.

 String theory predicts that all objects in our universe are composed of vibrating filaments (and membranes) of energy.

 String theory attempts to reconcile general relativity (gravity) with quantum physics.

 String theory provides a way of unifying all the fundamental forces of the universe.

 String theory predicts a new connection (called supersymmetry) between two fundamentally different types of particles, bosons and fermions.

 String theory predicts a number of extra (usually unobservable) dimensions to the universe.

We introduce you to the very basics of these ideas in the following sections.