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The attempt to unite gravity with the other three forces, as well as with quantum physics, was one of the driving forces of physics throughout the 20th century (and it still is). In a way, these sorts of unifications of different ideas are the major discoveries in science throughout the ages.

Quantum electrodynamics successfully created a quantum theory of electromagnetism. Later, the electroweak theory unified this theory with the weak nuclear force. The strong nuclear force is explained by quantum chromodynamics. The current model of physics that explains all three of these forces is called the Standard Model of particle physics, which is covered in much more detail in Chapter 8.

Unifying gravity with the other forces would create a new version of the Standard Model and would explain how gravity works on the quantum level. Many physicists hope that string theory will ultimately prove to be this theory.