The universe in a nutshell
Hawking, Stephen, 1942-20182001
Book
Like many in the community of theoretical physicists, Professor Hawking is seeking to uncover the grail of science -- the elusive Theory of Everything that lies at the heart of the cosmos. In his accessible and often playful style, he guides us on his search to uncover the secrets of the universe -- from supergravity to supersymmetry, from quantum theory to M-theory, from holography to duality. He takes us to the wild frontiers of science, where superstring theory and p-branes may hold the final clue to the puzzle. And he lets us behind the scenes of one of his most exciting intellectual adventures as he seeks "to combine Einstein's General Theory of Relativity and Richard Feynman's idea of multiple histories into one complete unified theory that will describe everything that happens in the universe."
Main title:
The universe in a nutshell / Stephen Hawking.
Author:
Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018, author
Imprint:
New York : Bantam Books, 2001.©2001
Collation:
viii, 216 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 26 cm
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Chapter 1 A Brief History of Relativity: How Einstein laid the foundations of the two fundamental theories of the twentieth century: general relativity and quantum theory 3 -- Chapter 2 Shape of Time: Einstein's general relativity gives time a shape. How this can be reconciled with quantum theory 29 -- Chapter 3 Universe in a Nutshell: The universe has multiple histories, each of which is determined by a tiny nut 67 -- Chapter 4 Predicting the Future: How the loss of information in black holes may reduce our ability to predict the future 101 -- Chapter 5 Protecting the Past: Is time travel possible? Could an advanced civilization go back and change the past? 131 -- Chapter 6 Our Future? Star Trek or Not? How biological and electronic life will go on developing in complexity at an ever increasing rate 155 -- Chapter 7 Brane New World: Do we live on a brane or are we just holograms? 173.
ISBN:
9780553802023 (hbk)9780553802023 (hardback)
Dewey class:
530.12
Language:
English
BRN:
725050
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Melbourne Library | -Science and Nature | SCIENCE 530.12 HAWK | Available |