Universe on a T-shirt : the quest for the theory of everything /
Falk, Dan.
Universe on a T-shirt : the quest for the theory of everything / Dan Falk. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Arcade Pub., 2004. - x, 246 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-237) and index.
Shadow and light; the Greek world and the beginning of science -- New vision; Copernican revolution -- Heaven and earth; Galileo, Newton, and birth of modern science -- Flashes of insight; electricity, magnetism, and light -- Relativity, space, and time; Einstein's revolution -- Quantum theory and modern physics; things get even weirder -- Tying up loose ends; string theory to the rescue? -- What does it all mean?; science, God, and the limits of understanding.
1559707070 (alk. paper)
2003061760
Grand unified theories (Nuclear physics)
Physics--History.
QC794.6.G7 / F35 2004
Universe on a T-shirt : the quest for the theory of everything / Dan Falk. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Arcade Pub., 2004. - x, 246 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-237) and index.
Shadow and light; the Greek world and the beginning of science -- New vision; Copernican revolution -- Heaven and earth; Galileo, Newton, and birth of modern science -- Flashes of insight; electricity, magnetism, and light -- Relativity, space, and time; Einstein's revolution -- Quantum theory and modern physics; things get even weirder -- Tying up loose ends; string theory to the rescue? -- What does it all mean?; science, God, and the limits of understanding.
1559707070 (alk. paper)
2003061760
Grand unified theories (Nuclear physics)
Physics--History.
QC794.6.G7 / F35 2004