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The matter myth : dramatic discoveries that challenge our understanding of physical reality / Paul Davies and John Gribbin.

Title
The matter myth : dramatic discoveries that challenge our understanding of physical reality / Paul Davies and John Gribbin.
Author
Davies, P. C. W.
Publication
New York : Simon & Schuster, c1992.

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  • Gribbin, John R.
  • Gribbin, John, 1946-
Description
320 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
"In this sweeping survey, acclaimed science writers Paul Davies and John Gribbin provide a complete overview of the latest developments in physics which have revolutionized modern science. From the weird world of quarks and the theory of relativity to the latest ideas about the birth of the cosmos, the authors find evidence for a massive paradigm shift. New developments in the studies of black holes, cosmic strings, solitons, and chaos theory now challenge commonsense concepts of space, time, and matter, and demand a radically altered and more fully unified worldview of the universe. Here is a truly fascinating advance glimpse at 21st-century science."--Back cover.
Subject
  • Physics > Philosophy
  • Reality
Note
  • "A Touchstone book."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [310]-313) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • The death of materialism. The nature of scientific truth. What is reality? -- Chaos and the liberation of matter. Is the universe really a machine? -- The mysterious present. Absolute space and the laws of motion. Einstein's insight. The marriage of space and time -- The universe at large. In the beginning. Time and the universe -- The first one second. The genesis of space and time.
  • ... And the last. The end of time -- Quantum weirdness. Einstein's dilemma. Multiple realities. Cosmic coincidences -- The cosmic network. Extra dimensions of space -- Beyond the infinite future. Trapping light. Starbusting. Where time stands still. Wormholes and time travel -- The living universe. What is life?. The origin of life. Worlds beyond. Searching for ET.
ISBN
  • 0671728407
  • 0671728415 (pbk.) :
LCCN
^^^91039522^
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library