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by Michio Kaku
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The God Equation presents a factual approach to the theory of life, the inception of the universe, and how modern physics lay the foundation of all natural laws that govern the galaxies, the planets, and our home called Earth.
The God Equation presents a factual approach to the theory of life, the inception of the universe, and how modern physics lay the foundation of all natural laws that govern the galaxies, the planets, and our home called Earth.
Newton was one great thinker, quite ahead of his time, which earned him a well-deserved spot in history. While some of his assumptions regarding the speed of light proved to be less than accurate by Einstein, discovering gravity and other major laws of physics remain groundbreaking findings even today.
Newton discovered gravity with his famous apple experiment. Then, in 1666, he argued that both heavens and our planet were governed by the same universal laws. He named this invisible force that exists everywhere as gravity. And it acts equally upon the moon and the apples falling from trees.
He also proposed a way of calculating gravity through mathematical equations. His remarkable discoveries laid the foundation for modern physics and helped humanity achieve greatness from then on. However, in 1910 Ernest Rutheford discovered that these laws don’t apply to what’s inside an atom.
There, a microscopic world emerges, where completely new laws apply. These make up an entirely new field of study, namely quantum mechanics. One major difference between our world and the world inside atoms is that they function on probabilities, while ours we can accurately determine through equations.
All the masterminds of science discovered remarkable laws and truths about our universe, which ultimately led to one universal concept: the universe we know is made up of four core forces: gravity, electromagnetism, the strong force, and the weak force.
Gravity is what Newton discovered centuries ago. Electromagnetism is a force that was first split into two separate ones, electricity and magnetism. However, Michael Faraday discovered that these two are interconnected and that you could transform one into the other.
Then, there’s a strong force that binds the atoms’ nuclei together, and the weak force, which makes decay occur. All these forces act differently and have diverse properties. Consequently, they all make up a bigger picture that scientists haven’t yet discovered. What we did discover is The Standard Model.
This model describes how the world works from a scientific point of view. Although it has plenty of gaps and doesn’t include the gravitational force, it can accurately predict physical models and facts about the world.
Einstein was one of humanity’s top thinkers and scientists of all time. His groundbreaking discoveries, such as the theory of relativity, and his ideas about black holes, dark matter, and gravity, all laid the foundation for modern physics. His view of black holes was that everything coming in contact with one would be lost forever in the…
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Get the complete summary in the appGravity and other laws of physics act upon outer space and the Earth equally.
The universe is made up of four essential forces that govern everything.
Einstein’s fascination with black holes and his view of God changes many people’s perspectives.
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Michio Kaku is the co-founder of String Field Theory and is the author of international best-selling books such as Hyperspace, Visions, and Beyond Einstein. Michio Kaku is the Henry Semat Professor in Theoretical Physics at the City University of New York. Photo by Cristiano Sant´Anna/indicefoto.com for campuspartybrasil [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.
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