Theory of everything and grand unify theory???

Question

What is the Grand unify theory?? is it the same as the theory of everything??? did einstein came up with those theory?? Are there a current research about theory of everything or the grand unify theory?

Answer 1

The grand UNIFICATION theory and the 'theory of everything' are essentially the same thing. Einstein's theory of relativity and general theory showed how electromagnetic and gravitic forces relate. He worked on the grand theory without success and so has everyone else for the last 70 years, although it appears that progress is being made.

The theory will explain how the known forces -- electromagnetism (including light), gravity, and the strong and weak nuclear forces -- relate to each other and produce the phenomenae of the observable universe.

At this point, the focus seems to be on string, superstring and M theory. See Brian Greene's 'the Elegant Universe' for a non-mathematical explanation of current thinking.

Answer 2

I'm not a physicist, but I believe the Grand Unified Theory is the theory that will explain how the forces of gravity, magnetism, and strong and weak nuclear forces can coexist in the same universe.

Einstein spent his latter years searching for the Grand Unified Theory, but never came up with one. The current thinking is that perhaps string theory will solve the mystery. String theory states that the entire universe - each particale of each atom - is made of tiny vibrating strings. I don't completely understand it (I've never even taken a physics course) but that's what I think the physicists are saying.

Answer 3

From previous readings, we currently have a sound theory uniting the electromagnetic force with the weak nuclear force (electro-weak theory). The term grand unified theory (GUT) was usually used to describe a theory which would bring the strong nuclear force (governed by quantum chromodynamics) into the fold. A theory of everything (TOE) would have to also bring in gravity, uniting all four fundamental forces.

A TOE will require a quantum theory of gravity to fit in with the quantum structure of the other forces. General relativity is a classical style field theory which is mathematically very different in structure from quantum field theory. String theory is driven by this search for unification.

AE tried to unite gravity with the electromagnetic force, basically before we really understood the latter (quantum electrodynamics). He had the right idea, but it was just too early.

Answer 4

A theory to unify all of the fundamental forces known to exist in nature. Yes. No. Yes. In that order ☺


Doug

Answer 5

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/everything.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/
http://superstringtheory.com/

You can watch 3 hours of the Nova special online about string theory - which is somehow connected with the theory of everything. Einstein had a part in it - I can't remember. It's very good.

Answer 6

<< Does it unify the the 4 forces, gravitation, electromagnetism, and strong and vulnerable interplay?" confident. don't be attentive to approximately TOE yet i might wager it combines the whole caboodle. way-out stuff. Nevah hoppen!

Answer 7

the theory is everthing or one becoming one and most likely and most likely there is no current reaserch goin on rite now

Answer 8

Pay attention

See question two, yes basically, no, yes

Answer 9

extremely tough problem. query in google. that could actually help!

Answer 10

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_unification_theory