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13.8

13.8

The Quest to Find the True Age of the Universe and the Theory of Everything

by John Gribbin
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/11/2015

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The twentieth century gave us two great theories of physics. The general theory of relativity describes the behavior of very large things, and quantum theory the behavior of very small things. In this landmark book, John Gribbin one of the best-known science writers of the past thirty years presents his own version of the Holy Grail of physics, the search that has been going on for decades to find a unified Theory of Everything that combines these ideas into one mathematical package, a single equation that could be printed on a T-shirt, containing the answer to life, the Universe, and everything. With his inimitable mixture of science, history, and biography, Gribbin shows how despite skepticism among many physicists these two great theories are very compatible, and point to a deep truth about the nature of our existence. The answer lies, intriguingly, with the age of the universe: 13.8 billion years."
ISBN:
9781848319189
9781848319189
Category:
Physics
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-11-2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
Icon Books, Limited
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
245x165x30mm
Weight:
0.5kg
John Gribbin

John Gribbin gained a PhD from the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge (then under the leadership of Fred Hoyle), before working as a science journalist for Nature and later New Scientist.

His wife Mary is a teacher with a special gift for communicating difficult concepts. They have co-written several titles for adults and children.

John is the ‘go to’ man for quantum physics and author of many bestselling popular science books, including Erwin Schrödinger and the Quantum Revolution, In Search of the Multiverse, Science: A History and The Universe: A Biography. He is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Sussex and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

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