In the last thirty years of his life albert einstein searched for a unified theory - a theory which could describe all the forces of nature in a single framework but the time was not right for such a discovery in einsteins day neither was the time right when, in 1988, professor stephen hawking wrote a brief history of time in which he took us on a journey through classical physics, einsteins theory of relativity, quantum physics and string theory in order to explain the universe that we live in he concluded, like einstein, that science may soon arrive at the long sought after theory of everything in this ground-breaking new work, professor hawking and renowned science writer leonard mlodinow have drawn on forty years of hawkings own research and a recent series of extraordinary astronomical observations and theoretical breakthroughs to reveal an original and controversial theory they convincingly argue that scientific obsession with formulating a single new model may be misplaced, and that, instead, by synthesising existing theories we may discover the key to finally understanding the universes deepest mysteries written with the clarity and lively style for which hawking is famous, the grand design is an account of hawkings quest to fuse these different strands of scientific theory it examines the differences between past and future, explains the nature of reality and asks an all-important question: how far can we go in our search for understanding and knowledge
Categories:
- Science & Math
- Physics
- Astrophysics
- Physics
Publisher : Bantam Press
Author : Hawking, Stephen; Mlodinow, Leonard
Language : English
Edition : Airport/Ireland/Export and Waterstones ed
Published :2010-09-09
Number Of Pages : 208
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 0593058305
ISBN-13 : 9780593058305
Item weight : 1.01 lb
Dimensions : 0.5 in x 5.91 in x 8.98 in
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