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The Constants of Nature: The Numbers That Encode the Deepest Secrets of the Universe

By John Barrow

Book information

Publisher
Vintage
Year
2004
ISBN
1400032253, 9781400032259
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
5 MB (4818537 bytes)
Pages
368\0
Time added
2012-10-17 14:59:33

Description

Reality as we know it is bound by a set of constants—numbers and values that dictate the strengths of forces like gravity, the speed of light, and the masses of elementary particles. In The Constants of Nature, Cambridge Professor and bestselling author John D.Barrow takes us on an exploration of these governing principles. Drawing on physicists such as Einstein and Planck, Barrow illustrates with stunning clarity our dependence on the steadfastness of these principles. But he also suggests that the basic forces may have been radically different during the universe’s infancy, and suggests that they may continue a deeply hidden evolution. Perhaps most tantalizingly, Barrow theorizes about the realities that might one day be found in a universe with different parameters than our own

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