Final Theory - Couverture souple

Alpert, Mark

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1451612427 ISBN 13 : 9781451612424

Editeur : Pocket Star, 2011

Synopsis

Book by Alpert Mark

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

A Spellbinding Thriller about a Science History
Professor on the Run for his Life and an Unpublished Einstein
Theory that Could Change the World


Debut novelist Mark Alpert brings one of the most explosive books of 2008, seamlessly weaving current issues of science, history, and politics with white-knuckle chases.

David Swift, a professor at Columbia University, is called to the hospital to comfort his mentor, a physicist who's been brutally tortured. Before dying, the old man wheezes "Einheitliche Feldtheorie." The Theory of Everything. The Destroyer of Worlds. Could this be Einstein's proposed Unified Theory--a set of equations that combines the physics of galaxies with the laws of atoms? Einstein never succeeded in discovering it. Or did he? Within hours of hearing his mentor's last words, David is running for his life. The FBI and a ruthless mercenary are vying to get their hands on the long-hidden theory. Teaming up with his old girlfriend, a brilliant Princeton scientist, David frantically works out Einstein's final theory to reveal the staggering scope of its consequences.

With publishers around the world snapping up rights in twenty-two countries, the book has already become a global phenomenon, and the dynamic characters and gripping plot will keep readers compulsively turning the pages until the very end.

Quatrième de couverture

'Heart-pounding tension and astonishing plot twists' Tess Gerritsen
'Einheitliche Feldtheorie.' The final words of his dying mentor will change David Swift's life forever.
Within hours of hearing these words, David is arrested, interrogated and almost assassinated. But he's too busy running for his life to work out what it all means. Has he accidentally inherited Einstein's Unified Theory -- a set of equations with the power to destroy the world? Einstein died without discovering the theory. Or did he?
Teaming up with his ex-girlfriend and an autistic teenager addicted to video games, David must ensure he survives long enough to find out the truth -- and deal with the terrifying consequences.
'Final Theory is the work of an expert with a pertinent skill' New York Times
'A smoothly propulsive airplane read' Entertainment Weekly
'Wow! Einstein would have loved this book. A great thriller, and the science is both fun and solid' Walter Isaacson, acclaimed author of Einstein: His Life and Universe
'Anyone who reads the first few pages will be hooked ... a smart, suspenseful page-turner' New Scientist

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pocket Star
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1451612427
• ISBN 13: 9781451612424
• Reliure: Poche
• Nombre de pages: 454
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible