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Quantum quivering of gravity The search for the unified field theory
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Interactions Electro-Weak Theory GUT Quantum field + gravity Superstring Experiments
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Gravitational General theory of relativity A. Einstein 1916 Warping of space time Symmetry between observations
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Electromagnetic J. C. Maxwell 1865 Quantum electrodynamics Renormalization Gauge symmetry
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Weak Nuclear force B-decay Breaking of symmetry
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Strong Quantum chromodynamics 1970s Color RGB M. Gell’Mann The Eightfold Way Quarks Symmetry
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Interactions Gravitational Electromagnetic Weak Strong
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Electro-Weak Theory S. Weinberg, A. Salam, S. Glashow 1968 Symmetry electron neutrino G. T’ Hooft – renormalizable P. Higgs – higgs boson mass
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GUT H. Georgi, S. Glashow 1974 Prediction quark electron decay Supersymmetry
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Quantum Mechanics + Gravity Planck length
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Superstring Theory G. Chews S-Matrix theory No renormalization Beta function Y. Nambu 1970 strings 10 dimensions Largest symmetry
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Colliders LHC (Large Hadron Collider) LEP
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LIGO VIRGE GEO LISA Gravitational wave detectors
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http://universe.gsfc.nasa.gov/program.html http://lhc-new-homepage.web.cern.ch (LHC)http://lhc-new-homepage.web.cern.ch http://www.ligo.caltech.edu (LIGO)http://www.ligo.caltech.edu http://lisa.jpl.nasa.gov/ (LISA)http://lisa.jpl.nasa.gov/ Brian Greene - The Elegant Universe Stephen Hawking - A Brief History of Time Michio Kaku - Huperspace Michio Kaku - Beyond Einstein John D. Barrow - Theories of Everything Stephen W.Hawking and Roger Penrose - The Nature Of Space and Time
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Richard Feynman „Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.”.
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