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Understanding the Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy, 2nd Edition

Summary

A major effort is underway to unify the mutually inconsistent theories of general relativity and quantum mechanics into a theory of everything. Successfully explaining dark energy might serve as an observational test for such a theory.