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Everything is Now - Revolutionary Ideas from String Theory (Hardcover)
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Everything is Now - Revolutionary Ideas from String Theory (Hardcover)
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This engaging and beautifully written book gives an authoritative
but accessible account of some of the most exciting and unexpected
recent developments in theoretical physics. - Professor Lionel J
Mason, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford String theory
is often paraded as a theory of everything, but there are a large
number of untold stories in which string theory gives us insight
into other areas of physics. Here, Bill Spence does an excellent
job of explaining the deep connections between string theory,
particle physics, and the novel way of viewing space and time. -
Professor David Tong, Department of Applied Mathematics and
Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge Foremost amongst
Nature's closest-guarded secrets is how to unite Einstein's theory
of gravity with quantum theory - thereby creating a 'quantum
space-time'. This problem has been unsolved now for more than a
century, with the standard methods of physics making little
headway. It is clear that much more radical ideas are needed, and
our front-line researchers are showing that string theory provides
these. This book describes these extraordinary developments, which
are helping us to think in entirely new ways about how physical
reality may be structured at its deepest level. Amongst these ideas
are that Everything can happen at the same time - it is all Now;
Hidden spaces, large and small, are everywhere amongst us; The
basic objects are 'membranes' that behave like soap bubbles and can
explore the shape of spacetime in new ways; We are holographic
projections from higher dimensions; You can take the 'square root'
of gravity; Ideas from the ancient Greeks are resurfacing in a
beautiful new form; And the very latest work shows that 'staying
positive' is essential. The book is aimed at a general audience,
using analogies, diagrams, and simple examples throughout. It is
intended as a brief tour, enabling the reader to become aware of
the main ideas and recent work. A full list of further resources is
supplied. Bill Spence is the founding Director of the Centre for
Research in String Theory at Queen Mary University of London. He
has worked on string theory for over three decades.
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