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Currently,there are several different versions of this string theory,
如今这样杰出理论 有着几种不同版本
which are all put together and called "M-theory".
这些汇整后统称为M理论
Nobody seems to know what the M stands for.
似乎没人知道M的含义为何
It could be Master,Miracle,or Mystery. Perhaps all three.
可能表示"主宰" "奇迹"或"奥秘" 或者三者兼而有之
Either way,there is still a lot of works to do.
无论如何 都还有很多需要解决的
But even before it's finished.
即使在解决之前
this M-theory is making one remarkable prediction:
M理论作出一个预言
that ours is not the only universe.There are many,many more.
我们的星球不是唯一的宇宙 还有很多很多
Physics has come a long way since Newton and Maxwell.
从牛顿和麦克斯韦以来 物理已有长足进步
And I must say I'm very glad to have lived through
我不得不说 我很荣幸能身处在这个年代
what I think will proved to be a historic turning point.
我相信这个时代可成为历史的转折点
At the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics near Toronto.
在多伦多附近的理论物理研究所里
my colleagues and I have been thinking about what string theory could mean.
我和同事一直在思索 弦理论如何解释人类
about our place in the universe.
在宇宙间的定位
One extraordinary prediction string theory is making.
弦理论提出的一项惊人预测是
is that it should be hundreds of billions of billions of other universes.
宇宙的数量理应高达上兆个
Perhaps more universes than there are stars in the known cosmos.
也许宇宙的总数比已知宇宙间的恒星总数还多
