grand unified theory

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Scientists have many reasons to seek a grand unified theory of nature, but the information paradox is their most specific motivation, and it has guided their way when they have little else to go on.

From Scientific American • Aug. 20, 2022

Each of these bits carries the texture of its antecedents; together they operate under a grand unified theory of if you know, you know.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2022

He arrived in Princeton and took up a position, working under Oppenheimer, at the Institute for Advanced Study, where Einstein had been spending his years in exile in vain pursuit of a grand unified theory.

From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2020

Many neuroscientists, if they think about the problem at all, simply consider that progress will inevitably be piecemeal and slow, because there is no grand unified theory of the brain lurking around the corner.

From The Guardian • Feb. 27, 2020

This is longer than the lifetime predicted by the simplest grand unified theory, but there are more elaborate theories in which the predicted lifetimes are longer.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking