Short Range Anti-Gravitational Force and the Hierarchically Stratified Space-Time 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 somethingfundamental as they carry on in their quest for a theory of everything anda theory that unites general relativity with quantum mechanics. Knightproposes a new theory suggesting that the space-time geometry possessesa complex hierarchical structure that comprises twelve dimensionsninespace dimensions and three time. Furthermore, this structure is dividedinto three strata, each of which has its own four-dimensional structure andstratum-specifi c fundamental forces and parameterswith variations inthe gravitational constant G, the speed of light c, and the Planck constant.Through the pages of this work, this theory is further explained.