| Dreams of a Final Theory: The Scientist's Search for the Ultimate Laws of Nature Contributor(s): Weinberg, Steven (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679744088 ISBN-13: 9780679744085 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1994 Annotation: The Nobel Prize-winning physicist and bestselling author of The First Three Minutes describes the grand quest for a unifying theory of nature--one that can explain events as disparate as the cohesion inside the atom and the gravitational tug between the sun and Earth. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - General - Science | Cosmology - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 530 |
| LCCN: 93030534 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.65 lbs) 352 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The Nobel Prize-winning physicist and bestselling author of The First Three Minutes describes the grand quest for a unifying theory of nature--one that can explain forces as different as the cohesion inside the atom and the gravitational tug between the sun and Earth. Wirting with dazzling elegance and clarity, he retraces the steps that have led modern scientists from relativity and quantum mechanics to the notion of super-strings and the idea that our universe may coexist with others. But Weinberg asks as many questions as he answers, among them: Why does each explanation of the way nature works point to other, deeper explanations? Why are the best theories not only logical but beautiful? And what implications will a final theory have for our philosophy and religious faith? Intellectually daring, rich in anecdote and aphorism, Dreams of a Final Theory launches us into a new cosmos and helps us make sense of what we find there. |