Many of every one of us. Already hailed as a masterpiece, something Deeply Hidden shows for the first time that facing up to the essential puzzle of quantum mechanics utterly transforms how we think about space and time. His reconciling of quantum mechanics with Einstein’s theory of relativity changes, well, everything.
We just have to accept that there is more than one of us in the universe. Quantum mechanics has always had obvious gaps—which have come to be simply ignored. Copies of you are generated thousands of times per second. There are many, many Sean Carrolls. Rarely does a book so fully reorganize how we think about our place in the universe.
The many worlds theory of quantum behavior says that every time there is a quantum event, a world splits off with everything in it the same, except in that other world the quantum event didn't happen. Science popularizers keep telling us how weird it is, how impossible it is to understand.
The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
Carroll's presentation of the principles that have guided the scientific revolution from Darwin and Einstein to the origins of life, consciousness, and the universe is dazzlingly unique. The instant new york times bestseller about humanity's place in the universe—and how we understand it. Vivid. Impressive.
. Splendidly informative. The new york Times“Succeeds spectacularly.
From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time
Brian greene, author of the elegant Universe Twenty years ago, Stephen Hawking tried to explain time by understanding the Big Bang. From eternity to here is no less than the next step toward understanding how we came to exist, and a fantastically approachable read that will appeal to a broad audience of armchair physicists, and anyone who ponders the nature of our world.
. Now, sean carroll says we need to be more ambitious.
The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
Wilson for years to come. Carroll's presentation of the principles that have guided the scientific revolution from Darwin and Einstein to the origins of life, consciousness, and the universe is dazzlingly unique. Carroll shows how an avalanche of discoveries in the past few hundred years has changed our world and what really matters to us.
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The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes
These impressions, though, are not objective reality. From examining why fashion designers create clothes that give the illusion of a more “attractive” body shape to studying how companies use color to elicit specific emotions in consumers, and even dismantling the very notion that spacetime is objective reality, The Case Against Reality dares us to question everything we thought we knew about the world we see.
. We observe a speeding car and do not walk in front of it; we see mold growing on bread and do not eat it. Just like a file icon on a desktop screen is a useful symbol rather than a genuine representation of what a computer file looks like, the objects we see every day are merely icons, allowing us to navigate the world safely and with ease.
The real-world implications for this discovery are huge. How can it be possible that the world we see is not objective reality? And how can our senses be useful if they are not communicating the truth? Hoffman grapples with these questions and more over the course of this eye-opening work. Ever since homo sapiens has walked the earth, natural selection has favored perception that hides the truth and guides us toward useful action, shaping our senses to keep us alive and reproducing.
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The Dialogues: Conversations about the Nature of the Universe The MIT Press
The conversations take place all over the world, in restaurants, on trains, in museums, in what may or may not be Freud's favorite coffeehouse. A series of conversations about science in graphic form, on subjects that range from the science of cooking to the multiverse. Physicist clifford Johnson thinks that we should have more conversations about science.
The conversationalists are men, children, experts, women, and amateur science buffs. E p dutton. Science should be on our daily conversation menu, books, sports, along with topics like politics, or the latest prestige cable drama. The topics of their conversations range from the science of cooking to the multiverse and string theory.
Conversations about science, he tells us, shouldn't be left to the experts. After reading these conversations, we are ready to start our own.
Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe
From the world-renowned physicist and best-selling author of The Elegant Universe comes this captivating exploration of deep time and humanity's search for purpose. Until the end of time is Brian Greene's breathtaking new exploration of the cosmos and our quest to understand it. Greene takes us on a journey across time, from our most refined understanding of the universe's beginning, to the closest science can take us to the very end.
Through a series of nested stories that explain distinct but interwoven layers of reality--from quantum mechanics to consciousness to black holes--Greene provides us with a clearer sense of how we came to be, a finer picture of where we are now, and a firmer understanding of where we are headed.
The Number of the Heavens: A History of the Multiverse and the Quest to Understand the Cosmos
E p dutton. The award-winning former editor of science news shows that one of the most fascinating and controversial ideas in contemporary cosmology―the existence of multiple parallel universes―has a long and divisive history that continues to this day. We often consider the universe to encompass everything that exists, but some scientists have come to believe that the vast, expanding universe we inhabit may be just one of many.
. Today the controversy continues, extra dimensions of space, and a set of branching, as cosmologists and physicists explore the possibility of many big bangs, parallel universes. Then in 1277 the bishop of paris declared it heresy to teach that God could not create as many universes as he pleased, unleashing fervent philosophical debate about whether there might exist a “plurality of worlds.
As the middle ages gave way to the Renaissance, the philosophical debates became more scientific. In the 1980s, new theories about the big bang reignited interest in the multiverse. This engrossing story offers deep lessons about the nature of science and the quest to understand the universe. Ancient greek philosophers first raised the possibility of multiple universes, but Aristotle insisted on one and only one cosmos.
The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World
Frank wilczek, nobel laureate, author of the Lightness of Being The Higgs boson is one of our era’s most fascinating scientific frontiers and the key to understanding why mass exists. The particle at the end of the universe has it all: money and politics, jealousy and self-sacrifice, history and cutting-edge physics—all grippingly told by a rising star of science writing.
E p dutton. The most recent book on the subject, The God Particle, was a bestseller.
What Is Real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics
Deeply detailed research, accompanied by charming anecdotes about the scientists. Washington Post E p dutton. What is real? is the gripping story of this battle of ideas and the courageous scientists who dared to stand up for truth. An excellent, accessible account. Wall street Journal"Splendid. But ask what it means, and the result will be a brawl.
Plume. Indeed, questioning it has long meant professional ruin, David Bohm, yet some daring physicists, and Hugh Everett, such as John Bell, persisted in seeking the true meaning of quantum mechanics.
Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity
The scientist they’re calling the next Stephen Hawking. The times magazinefrom the new york times–bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and the forthcoming The Order of Time, a closer look at the mind-bending nature of the universe. What are the elementary ingredients of the world? do time and space exist? And what exactly is reality? In elegant and accessible prose, theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli leads us on a wondrous journey from Democritus to Einstein, from Michael Faraday to gravitational waves, and from classical physics to his own work in quantum gravity.
The man who makes physics sexy.