‘The chances of you living 50 years are very small’: Theoretical physicist explains why humanity likely won’t survive to see all the forces unified
When theoretical physicist David Gross was 13, he acquired a replica of a well-liked science ebook, “The Evolution of Physics” (Cambridge University Press, 1938), signed by Albert Einstein. The ebook, co-authored by Einstein himself, began Gross on a journey into the hearts of atoms, the place he finally helped reply a query that had bedeviled…