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The grand design / Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780553805376 (hc) :
- Physical Description: 198 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Bantam Books, c2010.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
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| Subject: | Cosmology > Research. Cosmology. Mathematical physics. Physics > Research. Physics. Superstring theories. Unified field theories. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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The best-selling author of A Brief History of Time presents a new study of the cosmos that will blow peoples' minds, presented in clear, concise language this is easy to understand. - Baker & Taylor
Presents a new study of the cosmos that explains the latest theories on why the universe and life exist and why they work the way they do, through the concept of the multiverse, or "m-theory," that attempts to construct a grand unified design. - Baker & Taylor
The best-selling author ofA Brief History of Time presents a new study of the cosmos that will blow peoples' minds, presented in clear, concise language this is easy to understand. - Book News
Famed Cambridge theoretical physicist Hawking (A Brief History of Time) and Caltech physicist Mlodinow (How Randomness Rules Our Lives) enlighten general readers on the laws of the universe discovered by Newton, Einstein, and others. In an accessible style, they present their view of model-dependent reality, based on the quantum notion of alternative possible histories in a model possibly holding the key to the remaining mysteries. "Grand design" is light years away from intelligent design. The book includes original art, cartoons, and a glossary. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) - Random House, Inc.
THE FIRST MAJOR WORK IN NEARLY A DECADE BY ONE OF THE WORLDâS GREAT THINKERSâA MARVELOUSLY CONCISE BOOK WITH NEW ANSWERS TO THE ULTIMATE QUESTIONS OF LIFE
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When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? Why is there something rather than nothing? What is the nature of reality? Why are the laws of nature so finely tuned as to allow for the existence of beings like ourselves? And, finally, is the apparent âgrand designâ of our universe evidence of a benevolent creator who set things in motionâor does science offer another explanation?
The most fundamental questions about the origins of the universe and of life itself, once the province of philosophy, now occupy the territory where scientists, philosophers, and theologians meetâif only to disagree. In their new book, Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow present the most recent scientific thinking about the mysteries of the universe, in nontechnical language marked by both brilliance and simplicity.
In The Grand Design they explain that according to quantum theory, the cosmos does not have just a single existence or history, but rather that every possible history of the universe exists simultaneously. When applied to the universe as a whole, this idea calls into question the very notion of cause and effect. But the âtop-downâ approach to cosmology that Hawking and
Mlodinow describe would say that the fact that the past takes no definite form means that we create history by observing it, rather than that history creates us. The authors further explain that we ourselves are the product of quantum fluctuations in the very early universe, and show how quantum theory predicts the âmultiverseââthe idea that ours is just one of many universes that appeared spontaneously out of nothing, each with different laws of nature.
Along the way Hawking and Mlodinow question the conventional concept of reality, posing a âmodel-dependentâ theory of reality as the best we can hope to find. And they conclude with a riveting assessment of M-theory, an explanation of the laws governing us and our universe that is currently the only viable candidate for a complete âtheory of everything.â If confirmed, they write, it will be the unified theory that Einstein was looking for, and the ultimate triumph of human reason.
A succinct, startling, and lavishly illustrated guide to discoveries that are altering our understanding and threatening some of our most cherished belief systems, The Grand Design is a book that will informâand provokeâlike no other. - Random House, Inc.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠âA whirlwind tour of fundamental physics and cosmology.ââThe Wall Street Journal
âFascinating . . . a wealth of ideas [that] leave us with a clearer understanding of modern physics in all its invigorating complexity.ââLos Angeles Times
When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? What is the nature of reality? Is the apparent âgrand designâ of our universe evidence of a benevolent creator who set things in motionâor does science offer another explanation? In The Grand Design, Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow present the most illuminating scientific thinking about these and other abiding mysteries of the universe, in nontechnical language marked by brilliance and simplicity.
According to quantum theory, the cosmos does not have just a single existence or history. The authors explain that we ourselves are the product of quantum fluctuations in the early universe and show how quantum theory predicts the âmultiverseââthe idea that ours is just one of many universes that appeared spontaneously out of nothing, each with different laws of nature. They conclude with a riveting assessment of M-theory, an explanation of the laws governing our universe that is currently the only viable candidate for a âtheory of everythingâ: the unified theory that Einstein was looking for, which, if confirmed, would represent the ultimate triumph of human reason.
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A succinct, startling, and lavishly illustrated guide to discoveries that are altering our understanding and threatening some of our most cherished belief systems, The Grand Design is a book that will informâand provokeâlike no other.
