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String theory is the greatest scientific quest of all time. Its goal is nothing other than a complete description of physical reality—at least at the level of fundamental particles, interactions, and perhaps space-time itself. In principle, once the fundamental theory is fully known, one could derive relativity and quantum theory as low energy limits to strings. The theory sets out to do what no other has been able to since the early twentieth century—combine general relativity and quantum theory into a single unified framework. This is an ambitious program that has occupied the best minds in mathematics and physics for decades. Einstein himself failed, but he lacked key ingredients that are necessary to pull it off.