Einstein believed his general theory of relativity could be transformed into a grand theory of everything—a single theory that would pave the way to all the answers at once. What would the great theory of everything tell us about the famous equation E = mc2? Back when Einstein wrote this equation, people believed the universe to be static. It was believed that mass, energy, and the speed of light were given values, and that this great equation simply interconnected them. When formulating his general theory of relativity, Einstein came to the conclusion that the universe could not be static: it could either expand or shrink, but it could never be static. Accordingly, he adjusted his equation to introduce a cosmological constant. Had he believed his own equations, he might have realized that there is more than meets the eye to his famous E = mc2. The speed of light can only be what it is in our universe. In fact, it depends on the precise circumstances at the beginning of the universe. It is therefore possible that the speed of light is actually the unknown variable in the famous equation, as in c2 = E/m. In this case, we have a quadratic equation to calculate the speed of light; and such equations always have two solutions. What exactly is wrong with our measurements of the speed of light? Have we only computed its absolute value?
Then there came quantum mechanics and the uncertainty principle. The general theory of relativity, which precisely described and predicted the movement and interaction of massive objects, was incompatible with quantum mechanics, which precisely described interactions of the most minute particles. The quest for a unified theory of everything seemed futile. String theory offered a glimmer of hope, but with the ten or even eleven spatial dimensions that it requires, it appears too distant from the real world as we know it. This is why today most books on theoretical physics end with something along these lines: probably none of the current theories are correct—or they are merely partially correct at best. Physicists simply do not know where to go from here. In physics, the journey is more important than the destination. So, a theory of everything should also answer the question of how to untangle string theory.
Getting answers to all the questions sounds great, doesn’t it? But what would that mean? This thought has haunted me all my life. As I arrived at some answers, I realized that this was the right destination—one whose beauty surpasses the greatness of the journey. When finally all the answers come together like a puzzle, the emerging image is like fireworks: something you had thought impossible becomes possible. This book series presents a theory of everything and the path to it. A theory that offers completely new answers to how the universe began, answers to the past and the future, to the age of the universe, to why events unfold in a certain way and not any other, answers to who we are as humans and what other living beings are, among other things.
What was the path that led me to the theory of everything?
It took quite a lot of sudden insights to assemble everything in a suitable form. In the first book, I had to inverse Einstein’s famous equation E = mc2, redefine light and determine its speed, find out what calculations we were taught incorrectly in school, answer questions such as who am I, and much more.
In the second book (so far published in Slovenian), I defined the mathematical universe, where infinite divisibility, quantum entanglement and the mathematical Fibonacci sequence with infinite precision exist. In the third book, I explained the connection between the finite and the infinite — how a small three-dimensional body can have an infinitely large mantle surrounding it, and how information can travel through space at infinite speed. Gabriel’s horn (Torricelli’s trumpet) leads us to the answers. In the fourth book I expressed that both theories, quantum mechanics and general relativity, are complete, but each belongs to its own universe. The Einstein’s triangle shows us how these two universes come together, connected by the hypotenuse. Our universe is shown on the adjacent leg: this is the world of shadows, as Plato called it. In the fifth book, I clarified the Schwarzschield’s equation, which defines what is happening in the black hole and what will happen next in the universe. In the sixth book, all the results of the complete theory of everything are presented.
That’s why it is best way to go slowly, starting with the first book, step by step.