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。

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。

The leading and only candidate for that is string theory.

主要和唯一候选者是弦理论。

String theory may point us in the right direction.

弦理论可能可以成为指引我们方向的一盏明灯。

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。

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。

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?

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。

They're forcing me to continue with string theory. Why?

他们让我必须接着研究弦理论。为什么?

String theory requires ten dimensions to work out.

弦理论需要以十维的世界来运作。

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。

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。

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。

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。

It's dark matter. When I entered the field of string theory, I was a prodigy.

是暗物质。当我刚进入弦理论领域时，我是个奇才。

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

数独、税表、弦论。

So, maybe the story of string theory is not the theory of everything.

所以，虽然弦理论可能无法解释一切事物。