A Tear at the Edge of Creation: A Radical New Vision for Life in an Imperfect Universe

Gleiser, Marcelo

ISBN 10: 1439108323 / ISBN 13: 9781439108321

Edité par Free Press, 2010

N° de réf. du vendeur 1439108323-11-34343973

Synopsis :

Book by Gleiser Marcelo

Présentation de l'éditeur: The search for universal truth, the underlying ""oneness"" connecting all things, has been the abiding obsession of philosophers and alchemists, prophets and string theorists. We would cross a bridge from Occam's razor to quantum theory on a path of symmetry and elegance toward a grand, unifying Theory of Everything-a place, just over the horizon, where the physical laws governing very large bodies (Einstein's theory of relativity) and those governing tiny ones (quantum mechanics) unite in a single, orderly framework. Yet somehow, despite the strivings of some of history's best minds, it turns out that the universe is probably not elegant. It is most likely gloriously messy. In A Tear at the Edge of Creation, the award-winning physicist Marcelo Gleiser argues that the quest for a Theory of Everything is fundamentally misguided: imbalance, asymmetry, and imperfection-not order-are the engines of creation. In this lucid, down-to-earth narrative, which has been translated into twelve languages, Gleiser walks us through the basic and cutting-edge science that fueled his own transformation from unifier to doubter: a fascinating scientific quest that leads him-and us-to a new understanding of what it is to be human.

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Titre : A Tear at the Edge of Creation: A Radical ...
Éditeur : Free Press
Date d'édition : 2010
Reliure : hardcover
Etat : New