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Dreams Of A Final Theory

The Search for The Fundamental Laws of Nature

Steven Weinberg author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:16th Sep '93

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A fascinating and controversial book about the minutiae that make up the universe and the possibility of a theory that might unite them all, by the author of a prize-winning account of the Big Bang, The First Three Minutes.

An understanding of nature's final laws may be within our grasp - a way of explaining forces and symmetries and articles that does not require further explanation. In it he discusses beauty, the weakness of philosophy, the best ideas in physics and the honour of accepting a world without god.An understanding of nature's final laws may be within our grasp - a way of explaining forces and symmetries and articles that does not require further explanation. 'This starting point, to which all explanations can be traced, is what I mean by a final theory', says Steven Weinberg in this extraordinary book. In it he discusses beauty, the weakness of philosophy, the best ideas in physics and the honour of accepting a world without god.

Wienberg has reached the pinnacle of scientific succes - the Nobel Prize - he writes clearly and with confidence, imbuing the reader with an irresistible sense that one is in the hands of a master physicist at play * Sunday Times *
Highly literate, comprehensive, challenging, a survey of an exciting and extraordinary field of enquiry by one of its leading figures * Financial Times *
A truly important book, one which tries to change our minds... A magnificently honest piece of work * Times Literary Supplement *
This is a brilliant book * Daily Telegraph *

ISBN: 9780099223917

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 17mm

Weight: 192g

272 pages