Grand Unified Theories - Research Article from World of Scientific Discovery

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Grand Unified Theories - Research Article from World of Scientific Discovery

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Many of history's greatest physicists have devoted themselves to the search for a unified theory. A unified theory attempts to explain phenomena which seem different with a single set of postulates. These theories are expressed as single sets of equations that combine two or more fundamental forces with each other. For example, James Clerk Maxwell was able, between 1860 and 1865, to work out a theory that shows how electrical currents and the action of magnets are but two aspects of a single force, the electromagnetic force. Also, for a significant part of his career, Albert Einstein tried to find a way of combining the two fundamental forces known at his time, gravity and electromagnetism. He was, however, unsuccessful in that effort.

The most recent success in this type of effort occurred in the late 1960s with the development of the electroweak theory by Steven Weinberg...

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