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The Quest for Unity - The Adventure of Physics (Hardcover)
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The Quest for Unity - The Adventure of Physics (Hardcover)
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At one level, this is a fairly run-of-the-mill account of the
historical development of science, from the ancient Greeks to the
present search for a grand unified theory. The two particularly
appealing things about this version of the story are its brevity
(assuming you already know a little physics, it puts a lot of
things in a historical context) and the fact that it comes from a
non-Anglo Saxon culture (the authors work for the French Atomic
Energy Commission). The snag about this is that the inevitable
delays associated with translation mean that it is already out of
date, and makes no mention of the latest big idea - membranes. But
on the plus side, the translation is first class, and Axel
Reisinger has produced a very easily read English text, in spite of
the intrusion of a few equations. Nothing profound, but a pleasing
light read. (Kirkus UK)
Quantum physicist Etienne Klein and astrophysicist Marc Lachieze-Rey present and comment on the successive unifications that have marked the fundamental advances in physics. A good deal of modern theoretical physics is lightly and gracefully explained, rooted in a philosophical examination of the motivations that drive physicists and physics. The book is a discourse on the nature of elegance and beauty in physics, seeking to explain how and why beauty is a reliable guide in the ongoing search for Truth in physics.
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