The Fabric of the Cosmos
Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
Greene, Brian
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BOOK SUMMARY
Reveals the strange and stunning layers of reality modern physics has discovered lying just beneath the surface of the everyday world.
BOOK SYNOPSIS
In his new widely anticipated new book, Brian Greene, one of the world's foremost string theorists and the best-selling author of The Elegant Universe, Greene examines space--from Newton's unchanging, realm, through Einstein's fusion of space and time, to recent breakthroughs suggesting that ours may be one of many island universes floating in a grand, multidimensional spatial expanse. We encounter the peculiar world of quantum physics, in which space and time are buffeted to and fro by the turbulence of quantum uncertainty. We see the paradoxical nature of time, which, according to the laws of physics, does not necessarily need to run in any particular direction. And Greene shows us how the tantalizing world of string and M-theory may unltimately provide us with the elusive unified theory of the universe.
In a book infused with his characteristic wit and humor, deftly making use of analogy and characters from popular culture, Brian Greene takes us all, regardless of our scientific background, on an exhilarating journey toward understanding the physical relaity of the world we live in.
BOOK REVIEWS
Forbidding formulas no longer stand between general readers and the latest breakthroughs in astrophysics: the imaginative gifts of one of the pioneers making these breakthroughs has now translated mathematical science into accessible analogies drawn from everyday life and popular culture. . . . Nonspecialists will relish this exhilarating foray into the alien terrain that is our own universe. Booklist (starred review)
This is popular science writing of the highest order. . . Greene [has an] unparalleled ability to translate higher mathematics into everyday language and images, through the adept use of metaphor and analogy, and crisp, witty prose. . . He not only makes concepts clear, but explains why they matter. Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0375412883
ISBN(13-digit): 9780375412882
Copyright: 2004
Dewey Decimal: 523.1
Library of Congress: 2003058918
Book Publisher: Random House Inc
Language: ENG
Binding: Sewn
No. of Pages: 569
Paper Weight (lb): 1.85
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