January 26, 2012
I watched Brian Greene’s 2005 TED talk on string theory a few of weeks back and was so spellbound that I ordered The Elegant Universe, a book he wrote on the subject a few years back. It was Einstein who said that the only unintelligible thing about the universe is that it is intelligible to us at all. Theoretical physics and mathematics are two of the best tools we have to unlock the mysteries of the universe and gain insight into the nature of its creator. The notion that we may soon have a theory that elegantly unifies the theory of relativity with the seemingly irreconcilable quantum theory is so exciting. Is it possible that we are on the threshold of a true golden age of physics?