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Twistor Theory comparison table

Subject	is a kind of	has definition
cosmology theory	astronomy theory
Twistor Theory	cosmology theory	Model of the Universe proposed by Roger Penrose, based on the application of complex numbers (involving (-1)1/2) used in calculations in the microscopic world of atoms and quantum theory to the macroscopic ordinary world of physical laws and relativity. The result is an eight-dimensional concept of reality that although complicated is possibly a more logical understanding of the constitution of the Universe.

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