Twenty-fifth Annotation

12/16/08

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-stringth.html

An website given the definition for string theory. And this is a secondary source.
String theory description of elementary particles based on one-dimensional curves, or "strings," instead of point particles. The strings are embedded in a space-time having as many as 10 dimensions—the three ordinary dimensions plus time and seven compactified dimensions.