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unified field theory
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Italian-born physicist Dr. Enrico Fermi draws a diagram at a blackboard with mathematical equations. circa 1950.
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Italian physicist Guglielmo Marconi at work in the wireless room of his yacht Electra, c. 1920.
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  • Christine Sutton

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  • Aakanksha Gaur
  • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Article History

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Fixed typo.
  • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Mar 20, 2025
Add new Web site: Live Science - Unified Field Theory: Tying It All Together.
  • Aakanksha Gaur
Feb 28, 2020
Article revised.
  • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jan 11, 1999
Article added to new online database.
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Jul 20, 1998
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