Michael R.R. Good

 

Gravity, Cosmology and High Energy Physics

Department of Physics and Astronomy

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3255

Phone: 404-353-2435

mgood@physics.unc.edu

 

My research interests lie in fundamental physics.  I am fascinated by current efforts to quantize spacetime.  The two foundational pillars of physics, quantum theory and general relativity, have yet to be reconciled.  The goal is unification.  Physicists are working hard to rationalize the forces of nature and find a new, more accurate theory that may not only revolutionize our technology and our understanding of the universe, but reveal more beauty and treasured secrets held by Nature. 

 

-Res Extensa, Hector Rodriquez HK Art Biennial, 2003 .

 

In 1996, my undergraduate mentor David Finkelstein wrote a book, entitled Quantum Relativity, in which he tries to bring together the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics.  Quantum relativity is a bold approach at reconciling the two pillars of modern physics.  Independent of string theory or loop quantum gravity, Finkelstein’s ideas remain an alternative to developing a unifying theory.

 

We cannot even be sure that it has a final solution.- A. Einstein