How big a deal is this guy?

How does he compare to guys like Einstein and Hawking? Also, do we know if his "M-theory" works?

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>Also, do we know if his "M-theory" works?
have you ever seen a string?

me neither

what a phenotype I crave for it

M-Theory doesn't have strings.

>hawking
>smart

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Who are you quoting?

>M-Theory doesn't have strings.
Physics noob here, can you elaborate on this? First sentence of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-theory says "M-theory is a theory in physics that unifies all consistent versions of superstring theory."

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He's a far better physicist than hawking and, for what it's worth, has more citations than einstein (about 1.8 times). Many consider him in the same league as einstein and newton, though it should be mentioned that because much of his work is in string theory it remains to be seen whether this specific work will ever pan out, if it does you can bet he'll go down as one of the top 3 physicists to ever live. If it doesn't he'll still be considered easily one of the greatest of the 20th century, and possibly one of the top 10 of all time, maybe top 20. (many people forget that he's actually done a hell of a lot of work outside of string theory all of which is of the highest caliber)