The Universe in a Nutshell

The Universe in a Nutshell
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出版社: Random House US
2001-11
版次: 1
ISBN: 9780553802023
定价: 261.60
装帧: 精装
开本: 其他
纸张: 胶版纸
页数: 224页
正文语种: 英语
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  • StephenHawking’sphenomenal,multimillion-copybestseller,ABriefHistoryofTime,introducedtheideasofthisbrillianttheoreticalphysicisttoreadersallovertheworld.

    Now,inamajorpublishingevent,Hawkingreturnswithalavishlyillustratedsequelthatunravelsthemysteriesofthemajorbreakthroughsthathaveoccurredintheyearssincethereleaseofhisacclaimedfirstbook.

    TheUniverseinaNutshell

    •Quantummechanics
    •M-theory
    •Generalrelativity
    •11-dimensionalsupergravity
    •10-dimensionalmembranes
    •Superstrings
    •P-branes
    •Blackholes

    Oneofthemostinfluentialthinkersofourtime,StephenHawkingisanintellectualicon,knownnotonlyfortheadventurousnessofhisideasbutfortheclarityandwitwithwhichheexpressesthem.InthisnewbookHawkingtakesustothecuttingedgeoftheoreticalphysics,wheretruthisoftenstrangerthanfiction,toexplaininlaymen’stermstheprinciplesthatcontrolouruniverse.

    Likemanyinthecommunityoftheoreticalphysicists,ProfessorHawkingisseekingtouncoverthegrailofscience—theelusiveTheoryofEverythingthatliesattheheartofthecosmos.Inhisaccessibleandoftenplayfulstyle,heguidesusonhissearchtouncoverthesecretsoftheuniverse—fromsupergravitytosupersymmetry,fromquantumtheorytoM-theory,fromholographytoduality.

    Hetakesustothewildfrontiersofscience,wheresuperstringtheoryandp-branesmayholdthefinalcluetothepuzzle.Andheletsusbehindthescenesofoneofhismostexcitingintellectualadventuresasheseeks“tocombineEinstein’sGeneralTheoryofRelativityandRichardFeynman’sideaofmultiplehistoriesintoonecompleteunifiedtheorythatwilldescribeeverythingthathappensintheuniverse.”

    Withcharacteristicexuberance,ProfessorHawkinginvitesustobefellowtravelersonthisextraordinaryvoyagethroughspace-time.Copiousfour-colorillustrationshelpclarifythisjourneyintoasurrealwonderlandwhereparticles,sheets,andstringsmoveinelevendimensions;whereblackholesevaporateanddisappear,takingtheirsecretwiththem;andwheretheoriginalcosmicseedfromwhichourownuniversesprangwasatinynut.

    TheUniverseinaNutshellisessentialreadingforallofuswhowanttounderstandtheuniverseinwhichwelive.Likeitscompanionvolume,ABriefHistoryofTime,itconveystheexcitementfeltwithinthescientificcommunityasthesecretsofthecosmosrevealthemselves. StephenHawkingisLucasianProfessorofMathematicsattheUniversityofCambridge;hisotherbooksforthegeneralreaderincludetheessaycollectionBlackHolesandBabyUniversesandTheUniverseinaNutshell.,,
  • 内容简介:
    StephenHawking’sphenomenal,multimillion-copybestseller,ABriefHistoryofTime,introducedtheideasofthisbrillianttheoreticalphysicisttoreadersallovertheworld.

    Now,inamajorpublishingevent,Hawkingreturnswithalavishlyillustratedsequelthatunravelsthemysteriesofthemajorbreakthroughsthathaveoccurredintheyearssincethereleaseofhisacclaimedfirstbook.

    TheUniverseinaNutshell

    •Quantummechanics
    •M-theory
    •Generalrelativity
    •11-dimensionalsupergravity
    •10-dimensionalmembranes
    •Superstrings
    •P-branes
    •Blackholes

    Oneofthemostinfluentialthinkersofourtime,StephenHawkingisanintellectualicon,knownnotonlyfortheadventurousnessofhisideasbutfortheclarityandwitwithwhichheexpressesthem.InthisnewbookHawkingtakesustothecuttingedgeoftheoreticalphysics,wheretruthisoftenstrangerthanfiction,toexplaininlaymen’stermstheprinciplesthatcontrolouruniverse.

    Likemanyinthecommunityoftheoreticalphysicists,ProfessorHawkingisseekingtouncoverthegrailofscience—theelusiveTheoryofEverythingthatliesattheheartofthecosmos.Inhisaccessibleandoftenplayfulstyle,heguidesusonhissearchtouncoverthesecretsoftheuniverse—fromsupergravitytosupersymmetry,fromquantumtheorytoM-theory,fromholographytoduality.

    Hetakesustothewildfrontiersofscience,wheresuperstringtheoryandp-branesmayholdthefinalcluetothepuzzle.Andheletsusbehindthescenesofoneofhismostexcitingintellectualadventuresasheseeks“tocombineEinstein’sGeneralTheoryofRelativityandRichardFeynman’sideaofmultiplehistoriesintoonecompleteunifiedtheorythatwilldescribeeverythingthathappensintheuniverse.”

    Withcharacteristicexuberance,ProfessorHawkinginvitesustobefellowtravelersonthisextraordinaryvoyagethroughspace-time.Copiousfour-colorillustrationshelpclarifythisjourneyintoasurrealwonderlandwhereparticles,sheets,andstringsmoveinelevendimensions;whereblackholesevaporateanddisappear,takingtheirsecretwiththem;andwheretheoriginalcosmicseedfromwhichourownuniversesprangwasatinynut.

    TheUniverseinaNutshellisessentialreadingforallofuswhowanttounderstandtheuniverseinwhichwelive.Likeitscompanionvolume,ABriefHistoryofTime,itconveystheexcitementfeltwithinthescientificcommunityasthesecretsofthecosmosrevealthemselves.
  • 作者简介:
    StephenHawkingisLucasianProfessorofMathematicsattheUniversityofCambridge;hisotherbooksforthegeneralreaderincludetheessaycollectionBlackHolesandBabyUniversesandTheUniverseinaNutshell.,,
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