The Short Range Anti-gravitational Force and the Hierarchically Stratified Spacetime Geometry in 12 Dimensions

The fi eld of cosmology may be on the verge of a signifi cant paradigm shift, as there is an increasing awareness that scientists have missed something fundamental as they carry on in their quest for a theory of everything and a theory that unites general relativity with quantum mechanics. Knight proposes a new theory suggesting that the spacetime geometry possesses a complex hierarchical structure that comprises twelve dimensions-nine space dimensions and three time. Furthermore, this structure is divided into three strata, each of which has its own fourdimensional structure and stratumspecific fundamental forces and parameters-with variations in the gravitational constant G, the speed of light c, and the Planck constant. Through the pages of this work, this theory is further explained.