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CHAPTER 4 THE NAME OF GOD (JEHOVAH)
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Over the best part of the nineteenth century and in the twentieth century,
attempts at unifying these forces (or those known at the time) by a single theory
have been an ongoing major focus in physics. These efforts may be summarized by
the following somewhat simplistic highlights of major efforts and turning points:

• The unification of the theory of the electric field (Faraday) and the
theory of the magnetic field (Maxwell ) via Maxwell theory of electro-

magnetism (in the late 1860s).
• The unification of the theory of the weak force with the theory of the

electromagnetic force into the electroweak theory by Weinberg and
Salem (1967–68)—refer to Weinberg (1992, 118–28).
• The development of grand unified theories, starting in 1974. These

theories unify the weak, strong, and electromagnetic interactions,
without gravity (Guth 1997, 131, 333; Kaku 2005, 389).
• The establishment of quantum chromodynamics, a quantum field theory

that describes the strong nuclear forces. This is the accepted unifying
theory of the forces that bind quarks together to form protons, neutrons,

and other strongly interacting particles (Weinberg 1992, 147 and 183;
Guth 1997, 339; Kaku 2005, 82).
• The development of superunified theories—theories that, hopefully,

unify all forces in “the theory of everything.” Superstring theories seem
to be the latest most promising group of such unifying theories.
The last subject, superstring theories, is currently the focus of most endeavors
to arrive at a “theory of everything.” It has been realized for quite some time now
that a good approach (perhaps the only feasible approach) to unifying gravitation
with all other forces (in other words, the combining together of the general theory
of relativity , focusing on the macro scale of the universe, with quantum physics,
dealing with forces on the micro nuclear scale) is by a theory that describes our
world in higher dimensions . Various theories have been proposed, with varying
numbers of dimensions. Without going into details regarding these theories, the
following selection of quotations offers brief glimpses at the most popular super-

unified string theories , as they have evolved in the last twenty-five years or so with
regard to higher dimensions .
By sheer coincidence, these testimonials, from some of the greatest physicists
of our time, address the same “magic numbers”, alluded to earlier.