Strings that surprise: how a theory scaled up

In December 2013 Professor Michael Green of Cambridge University and Professor John Schwarz of California Institute of Technology were awarded the 2014 Fundamental Physics Prize, one of a series of annual 'Breakthrough Prizes' set up to raise the profile of the physical and biological sciences. Their shared $3 mn prize was given for “opening new perspectives on quantum gravity and the unification of forces”. - See more at: http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/strings-that-surprise-how-a-theory-scaled-up#sthash.GfvjTToz.dpuf