The Greatest Story Ever Told - So Far: Why Are We Here? (Thorndike Press Large Print Popular and Narrative Nonfiction) - Hardcover

Krauss, Lawrence M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1432838989 ISBN 13: 9781432838980

Verlag: THORNDIKE PR, 2017

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[An] excellent guide to cutting-edge physics It is detailed but lucid, thorough but not stodgy [an] insightful book Space and time can indeed come from nothing; nothing, as Krauss explains beautifully. "A Universe From Nothing" is a great book: readable, informative and topical. --New Scientist"

How physicists came up with the current model of the cosmos is quite a story, and to tell it in his elegant "A Universe From Nothing," physicist Lawrence Krauss walks a carefully laid path It would be easy for this remarkable story to revel in self-congratulation, but Krauss steers it soberly and with grace His asides on how he views each piece of science and its chances of being right are refreshingly honest unstable nothingness, as described by Krauss is also invigorating for the rest of us, because in this nothingness there are many wonderful things to see and understand. --Nature"

"In "A Universe From Nothing," Lawrence Krauss, celebrated physicist, speaker and author, tackles all that plus a whole lot else. In fewer than 200 pages, he delivers a spirited, fast-paced romp through modern cosmology and its strong underpinnings in astronomical observations and particle physics theory.Krauss s slim volume is bolder in its premise and more ambitious in its scope than most. He makes a persuasive case that the ultimate question of cosmic origin how something, namely the universe, could arise from nothing belongs in the realm of science rather than theology or philosophy."--Globe & Mail"

"Discovering the bedrock nature of phyical reality ranks as one of humanity's greatest collective achievements. This book gives a fine account of the main ideas and how they emerged. Krauss is himself close to the field, and can offer insights into the personalities who have led the key advances.A practiced and skilled writer, hesucceeds in making the physics 'as simple as possible but no simpler.' I don't know a better book on this subject."--Martin Rees, author of Just Six Numbers"

[An] excellent guide to cutting-edge physics Detailed but lucid, thorough but not stodgy Insightful Space and time can indeed come from nothing; nothing, as Krauss explains beautifully... A great book: readable, informative and topical. --New Scientist"

"It is an exhilarating experience to be led through this fascinating story, from Galileo to the Standard Model and the Higgs boson and beyond, with lucid detail and insight, illuminating vividly not only the achievements themselves but also the joy of creative thought and discovery, enriched with vignettes of the remarkable individuals who paved the way. It amply demonstrates that the discovery that 'nature really follows the simple and elegant rules intuited by the 20th- and 21st-century versions of Plato s philosophers'is one of the most astonishing achievements of the human intellect."--Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor & Professor of Linguistics (Emeritus), MIT"

"Charming... Krauss has written an account with sweep and verve that shows the full development of our ideas about the makeup of the world around us...A great romp."--Walter Gilbert, Nobel Award, Chemistry, 1980"

"History of science with an edge humorous, personal, passionate, yet intellectually serious and authoritative."--Frank Wilczek, Nobel Laureate, Physics"

"I loved the fight scenes and the sex scenes were excellent."--Eric Idle

"A Homeric tale of science, history, and philosophyrevealing how we learned so much about the universe and its tiniest parts."--Sheldon Glashow, Nobel Laureate, 1979 in physics"

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An award-winning theoretical physicist and best-selling author of A Universe from Nothing traces the dramatic discovery of the counterintuitive world of reality, explaining how readers can shift their perspectives to gain greater understandings of our individual roles in the universe. (science).

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• Verlag: THORNDIKE PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1432838989
• ISBN 13: 9781432838980
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 457