Grand Unified Theory - philosophical perspective of analytical trancendentalism in search for 'One'.

In physics, a "General Unified Theory" (or sometimes simply "Unified Theory" or "Unified Field Theory") refers to a theoretical framework that aims to describe all fundamental forces of nature and the elementary particles that make up matter as different manifestations of a single, underlying entity or set of principles. It's one of the holy grails of modern physics. I hold no authority to opine on such deeply objective matters of physics. However the philosophical perspective for the search for 'One' permeates any thinking mind. From the pre- Ionian eastern philosophical thoughts , through the Greek search for the essential and today to the transcendental analytics there is a common string in search for the singularity.

Throughout history, physicists have sought to unify seemingly disparate phenomena.
Newton unified the laws of motion on Earth with the motion of celestial bodies through universal gravitation. Maxwell unified electricity and magnetism into a single theory of electromagnetism. The current challenge is to unify the four known fundamental forces of nature. Unified field theory was coined by Albert Einstein, who spent much of his later life unsuccessfully trying to unify gravity and electromagnetism. It generally refers to an attempt to describe all fundamental forces and particles in terms of a single fundamental field.
 Grand Unified Theory (GUT) is a theoretical model that aims to merge the electromagnetic, weak, and strong forces into a single, more fundamental "electronuclear" force at extremely high energies (like those thought to have existed shortly after the Big Bang). The electroweak force has already been successfully unified (electromagnetism and weak force). GUTs propose to unify this electroweak force with the strong force.
   Many different GUT models exist (e.g., SU(5)), but none have been definitively proven by experiment yet, mainly because, the physicist say, the energies required to test them are far beyond current experimental capabilities.
 Theory of Everything (TOE) is the ultimate goal of unification in physics. A TOE would not only unify the strong, weak, and electromagnetic forces (like a GUT) but also include gravity. This is the biggest challenge in modern physics, as general relativity (our best theory of gravity) and quantum mechanics (our best theory of the other three forces) are currently incompatible.


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