| Description |
198 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
The mystery of being -- The rule of law -- What is reality? -- Alternative histories -- The theory of everything -- Choosing our universe -- The apparent miracle -- The grand design. |
| Summary |
Along with Caltech physicist Mlodinow (The Drunkard's Walk), University of Cambridge cosmologist Hawking (A Brief History of Time) deftly mixes cutting-edge physics to answer three key questions-- Why is there something rather than nothing? Why do we exist? Why this particular set of laws and not some other?-- and explains that scientists are approaching what is called "M-theory," a collection of overlapping theories (including string theory) that fill in many (but not all) the blank spots in quantum physics. This collection is known as the "Grand Unified Field Theories." |
| Subject |
Unified field theories -- Popular works.
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Unified field theories. |
| Genre/Form |
Popular works.
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| Subject |
Superstring theories -- Popular works.
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Superstring theories. |
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Mathematical physics -- Popular works.
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Mathematical physics. |
| Added Author |
Mlodinow, Leonard, 1954-
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| ISBN |
9780553805376 hardback |
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0553805371 hardback |
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9780553907070 e-book |
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0553907077 e-book |
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9780593058299 hardback |
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0593058291 hardback |
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