And a sizeable part of the physics and mathematics community is becoming increasingly convinced that string theory may provide the answer. From one principle—that everything at its most ...

A fundamental theory of everything. Even with the subjunctive, this is certainly a powerful statement that should be met with some skepticism. What is considered a fundamental theory of physics?

Jane Hawking, the first wife of late physicist and author Stephen Hawking, has raised a few issues with the 2014 film, The Theory of Everything. For many filmmakers, keeping to historical facts is ...

String theory is perhaps the most high-profile candidate for what physicists call a theory of everything – a single mathematical framework capable of describing the entirety of the known universe.

This theory is often referred to as a "theory of everything". In particular this theory would unify our understanding of all the fundamental physical forces in our universe. There are four such ...