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  Theory of Everything

  noun

  a theory intended to show that the electroweak, strong, and gravitational forces are components of a single quantized force.
• theory of everything
  theory of everything

  A physical theory, such as a grand unified theory, that attempts to explain all physical matter and interactions under a single unified set of principles.

Theory of Everything

American  

noun

1. a theory intended to show that the electroweak, strong, and gravitational forces are components of a single quantized force.

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theory of everything Scientific  

1. A physical theory, such as a grand unified theory, that attempts to explain all physical matter and interactions under a single unified set of principles.

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Etymology

Origin of Theory of Everything

First recorded in 1985–90

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"Where conspiracy worlds used to be very siloed they're now all mixed together," says Mike Rothschild, author of The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2022

It was an attempt to create the narrative equivalent of the Theory of Everything.

From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2022

“I know for a fact that many people were offered The Theory of Everything first,” said Eddie Redmayne, who ended up winning an Oscar for his performance.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 26, 2018

Like college sophomores swept up by a Theory of Everything, we found evidence wherever we looked.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2018

The Theory of Everything is, in truth, a theory of nothing.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Physicists have long dreamed of devising a theory of everything — a set of equations that neatly and completely describe how the universe works.

From New York Times ● May 8, 2023

With warmth and humor, Hsu evokes the precocity of college life: “We stayed up so late, possessed by delirium, that we came up with a theory of everything, only we forgot to write it down.”

From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2022

If spacetime is emergent, then figuring out where it comes from—and how it could arise from anything else—may just be the missing key that finally unlocks the door to a theory of everything.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 18, 2022

Unsurprisingly, the general theory of relativity, as it’s called, passed all the tests—a sign of its soundness, but also a null result that leaves physicists looking for clues to develop a unifying theory of everything.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 14, 2021

As was explained in the first chapter, it would be very difficult to construct a complete unified theory of everything in the universe all at one go.

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