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TODAY SCIENTISTS DESCRIBE THE UNIVERSE IN TERMS OF TWO BASIC PARTIAL THEORIES - THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY AND QUANTUM MECHANICS. THEY ARE THE GREAT INTELLECTUAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE FIRST HALF OF 20TH CENTURY. THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY DESCRIBES THE FORCE OF GRAVITY AND THE LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE, QUANTUM MECHANICS, ON THE OTHER HAND, DEALS WITH PHENOMENA ON EXTREMELY SMALL SCALES. UNFORTUNATELY, HOWEVER, THESE TWO THEORIES ARE KNOWN TO BE INCONSISTENT WITH EACH OTHER - THEY CANNOT BOTH BE CORRECT. ~ STEPHEN HAWKING - BRITISH THEORETICAL PHYSICIST AND AUTHOR
Posted on: Sun, 06 Jul 2014 13:35:34 +0000

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