Theory of Everything
Its the grand unification of all the forces known to mankind, from the Quantum level to the Macroscopic level. Its an abstract theory which describes almost everything in the universe in just one single mathematical equation. This mathematical equation might just look like E=mc^2 equation. An equation which is just 1 inch long but gives us vast information about the energy-mass relation. Physicists all around the world are contributing to this theory. And Just as our other physics theories, this one too has sub candidates. The main candidate that helps in constructing this extraordinary theory is the String theory. This theory states that everything in our universe is made of oscillating strings. Each and every vibration of a particular string corresponds to the behavior of a particle.
"String Theory describes energy and matter as being composed of tiny, wiggling strands of energy that look like strings. And the pitch of a string's vibration determines the nature of its effect."-Roy Williams
Unfortunately, the problem with this theory is that it is not experimentally proven. Because of this, many physicists criticize this theory by calling it a pseudoscience. The reason why it is still not experimentally proven is because we are not yet capable of magnifying a particle to its lowest level; in other words we just don't have the technology to do so. But that doesn't mean that the theory is false and there should be an end to this quest. Maybe one day we might achieve the required technology that is capable enough to find the wiggly strings. String theory has been theoretically proven with the help of mathematics. We should encourage these hardworking string theorists rather than demotivating them.
Mathematics has always been our language to describe our universe. I would describe Mathematics as an Universal language. A language which helps science to describe events occurring in our Universe. String theory should not been considered as a pseudoscience. People thought Einstein's General Relativity theory was crazy. Only few physicists that time who believed in mathematics could appreciate his works. He deduced it all with just a pen and a paper. He believed that math was the only key to unravel the mysteries of the universe. But It took approx. 100 years to prove his theories were experimentally right. Maybe String theory might also work the same way.Einstein's dream was to unify all the forces and understand the universe completely and this has been achieved by today's string theorists.
Soon after few decades we might be able to unlock the mysteries of big bang and the black hole with the help of this theory. And who knows Science fiction might one day turn out to be our reality.
"Science is the process that takes us from confusion to understanding.." -Brian Greene.
Its the grand unification of all the forces known to mankind, from the Quantum level to the Macroscopic level. Its an abstract theory which describes almost everything in the universe in just one single mathematical equation. This mathematical equation might just look like E=mc^2 equation. An equation which is just 1 inch long but gives us vast information about the energy-mass relation. Physicists all around the world are contributing to this theory. And Just as our other physics theories, this one too has sub candidates. The main candidate that helps in constructing this extraordinary theory is the String theory. This theory states that everything in our universe is made of oscillating strings. Each and every vibration of a particular string corresponds to the behavior of a particle.
"String Theory describes energy and matter as being composed of tiny, wiggling strands of energy that look like strings. And the pitch of a string's vibration determines the nature of its effect."-Roy Williams
Unfortunately, the problem with this theory is that it is not experimentally proven. Because of this, many physicists criticize this theory by calling it a pseudoscience. The reason why it is still not experimentally proven is because we are not yet capable of magnifying a particle to its lowest level; in other words we just don't have the technology to do so. But that doesn't mean that the theory is false and there should be an end to this quest. Maybe one day we might achieve the required technology that is capable enough to find the wiggly strings. String theory has been theoretically proven with the help of mathematics. We should encourage these hardworking string theorists rather than demotivating them.
Mathematics has always been our language to describe our universe. I would describe Mathematics as an Universal language. A language which helps science to describe events occurring in our Universe. String theory should not been considered as a pseudoscience. People thought Einstein's General Relativity theory was crazy. Only few physicists that time who believed in mathematics could appreciate his works. He deduced it all with just a pen and a paper. He believed that math was the only key to unravel the mysteries of the universe. But It took approx. 100 years to prove his theories were experimentally right. Maybe String theory might also work the same way.Einstein's dream was to unify all the forces and understand the universe completely and this has been achieved by today's string theorists.
Soon after few decades we might be able to unlock the mysteries of big bang and the black hole with the help of this theory. And who knows Science fiction might one day turn out to be our reality.
"Science is the process that takes us from confusion to understanding.." -Brian Greene.