Physics crunch: Desperately seeking everything
10/03/2013 04:25
- 08 March 2013 by Michael Brooks
- Magazine issue 2906.
An ultimate theory that unifies all of physics seems as far away as ever – but that doesn't mean we should stop chasing the dream. BLAME the ancient Greeks: they started it. The idea seemed sensible enough. If we dig down, we can uncover the building blocks of reality: what matter is ultimately made of, what rules govern its behaviour. Dig down far enough and we will hit the ultimate gold – a theory of how everything works. [Read more] ...