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Dreams of a Final Theory
Steven Weinberg
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Description for Dreams of a Final Theory
Paperback. The author's first book, "The First Three Minutes", was about the earliest moments of the universe. This book looks at the smallest and most elusive things making up that universe. It relates the story of this search, specifically the development of the Superconducting Supercollider. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: PD; PHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.
An understanding of nature's final laws may be within our grasp - a way of explaining forces and symmetries and articles that does not require further explanation. 'This starting point, to which all explanations can be traced, is what I mean by a final theory', says Steven Weinberg in this extraordinary book. In it he discusses beauty, the weakness of philosophy, the best ideas in physics and the honour of accepting a world without god.
An understanding of nature's final laws may be within our grasp - a way of explaining forces and symmetries and articles that does not require further explanation. 'This starting point, to which all explanations can be traced, is what I mean by a final theory', says Steven Weinberg in this extraordinary book. In it he discusses beauty, the weakness of philosophy, the best ideas in physics and the honour of accepting a world without god.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099223917
SKU
9780099223917
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99-1
About Steven Weinberg
Steven Weinberg received the 1979 Nobel Prize for Physics for his work in unifying two of the fundamental forces of nature, and in 1991 he was awarded the National Medal of Science at the White House. His earlier prize-winning book The First Three Minutes is the classic account of the 'Big Bang,' and modern theory of the origin of the ... Read more
Reviews for Dreams of a Final Theory
Wienberg has reached the pinnacle of scientific succes - the Nobel Prize - he writes clearly and with confidence, imbuing the reader with an irresistible sense that one is in the hands of a master physicist at play
Sunday Times
Highly literate, comprehensive, challenging, a survey of an exciting and extraordinary field of enquiry by one of its ... Read more
Sunday Times
Highly literate, comprehensive, challenging, a survey of an exciting and extraordinary field of enquiry by one of its ... Read more