[01] Johan Hansson, Division of Physics, Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden.

In 1900, the British physicist Lord Kelvin declared: “There is nothing new to discover in physics. All that remains is to more accurately measure its quantities.” In the same year quantum physics was born and three decades later it, and Einstein’s theory of relativity, had completely revolutionized and transformed physics. Today, hardly anyone would dare say that our knowledge of the universe, and everything in it, is almost complete. On the contrary, every new discovery appears to open a Pandora’s Box of larger and deeper issues. I have selected some of today’s biggest unsolved riddles in physics. Just like Moses, I stop arbitrarily at 10. Here follow these “Ten Com...plications” with a brief explanation/justification. They may be seen as a roadmap for future important work.

General Physics, Unsolved Problems

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