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"What we know always leads to what we do not know. This book follows the historical path of the most brilliant theories in physics, and the people who made them: the general theory of relativity and quantum field theory. The paths of these very successful descriptions of the Universe intersect....
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Amsterdam University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Amsterdam : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"What we know always leads to what we do not know. This book follows the historical path of the most brilliant theories in physics, and the people who made them: the general theory of relativity and quantum field theory. The paths of these very successful descriptions of the Universe intersect. When the two theories collide, the light that they shed on the understanding of our world is extinguished. We do not know the road ahead. Can they be merged into a single theory? Nobody has an answer yet. Where are the clues? In theory, experiments, mathematics, or cosmology? Is the most important phy |
| Carrier Form: | 109 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9789089644466 (hardback) : |
| Index Number: | QC7 |
| CLC: | O4 |
| Call Number: | O4/I17 |
| Contents: | The process of measurement -- The process of progress -- Laws ain't -- Motion -- Huygens's relativity -- Acceleration -- Gravity -- Absoluteness theory -- Gravity does not exist -- Reflections -- Jes' rollin' along -- Feynman's web -- A twist to the tale -- Questions for the 21st century -- Small moves, Ellie -- Thanks. |