'Probably the most readable, exciting and authoritative writer on
science we have. A new Lawrence Krauss book always goes to the top
of the curious mind's wish list.' Stephen Fry "I loved the fight
scenes and the sex scenes were excellent." (Eric Idle) 'In the span
of a century, physics progressed from skepticism that atoms were
real to equations so precise we can predict properties of subatomic
particles to the tenth decimal place. Lawrence Krauss rightly
places this achievement among the greatest of all stories, and his
book-at once engaging, poetic and scholarly-tells the story with a
scientist's penetrating insight and a writer's masterly craft.'
(Brian Greene, author of The Elegant Universe, and Director, Center
for Theoretical Physics, Columbia University) "Unlike some very
clever scientists, Lawrence Krauss is not content to bask on the
Mount Olympus of modern physics. A great educator as well as a
great physicist, he wants to pull others up the rarefied heights to
join him. But unlike some science educators, he doesn't dumb down.
In Einstein's words, he makes it 'as simple as possible but no
simpler.'" (Richard Dawkins, author of The Magic of Reality) "In
every debate I've done with theologians and religious believers
their knock-out final argument always comes in the form of two
questions: Why is there something rather than nothing? and Why are
we here? The presumption is that if science provides no answers
then there must be a God. But God or no, we still want answers. In
A Universe From Nothing Lawrence Krauss, one of the biggest
thinkers of our time, addressed the first question with verve, and
in The Greatest Story Ever Told he tackles the second with
elegance. Both volumes should be placed in hotel rooms across
America, in the drawer next to the Gideon Bible." (Michael Shermer,
Publisher Skeptic magazine, columnist Scientific American,
Presidential Fellow Chapman University, author The Moral Arc.) "A
Homeric tale of science, history, and philosophy revealing how we
learned so much about the universe and its tiniest parts." (Sheldon
Glashow, Nobel Laureate, 1979 in physics) "The Greatest Story Ever
Told-So Far ranges from Galileo to the LHC and beyond. It's
accessible, illuminating, and surprising-an ideal guide for anyone
interested in understanding our accidental universe." (Elizabeth
Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction)
"College students, hippies, squares, Christians, Muslims,
democrats, republicans, libertarians, theists, even atheists-all of
us-sit around BS-ing like: 'So, how did all this, I mean
everything, all of us, the whole universe, you know, man,
everything, how did this all get here?' While we were doing that,
Lawrence Krauss and people like him were doing the work to figure
it out. Then Krauss wrote this great book about it. 'Wow, man, you
mean, like we're getting closer to really knowing? I guess we'll
have to go back to talking about politics and sex.'" (Penn
Jillette, author of Presto!) "Discovering the bedrock nature of
physical reality ranks as one of humanity's greatest collective
achievements. This book gives a fine account of the main ideas and
how they emerged. Krauss is himself close to the field, and can
offer insights into the personalities who have led the key
advances. A practiced and skilled writer, he succeeds in making the
physics 'as simple as possible but no simpler.' I don't know a
better book on this subject." (Martin Rees, author of Just Six
Numbers) "It is an exhilarating experience to be led through this
fascinating story, from Galileo to the Standard Model and the Higgs
boson and beyond, with lucid detail and insight, illuminating
vividly not only the achievements themselves but also the joy of
creative thought and discovery, enriched with vignettes of the
remarkable individuals who paved the way. It amply demonstrates
that the discovery that 'nature really follows the simple and
elegant rules intuited by the 20th- and 21st-century versions of
Plato's philosophers' is one of the most astonishing achievements
of the human intellect." (Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor &
Professor of Linguistics (Emeritus), MIT) "Charming... Krauss has
written an account with sweep and verve that shows the full
development of our ideas about the makeup of the world around us...
A great romp." (Walter Gilbert, Nobel Award, Chemistry, 1980)
"History of science with an edge-humorous, personal, passionate,
yet intellectually serious and authoritative." (Frank Wilczek,
Nobel Laureate, Physics) In the beginning there was light but more
than this, there was gravity. After that, all hell broke loose...
This is how the story of the greatest intellectual adventure in
history should be introduced - how humanity reached its current
understanding of the universe, one that is far removed from the
realm of everyday experience. Krauss connects the world we know
with the invisible world all around us, which is removed from
intuition and direct sensation. He explains our current
understanding of nature and the struggle to construct the greatest
theoretical edifice ever assembled, the Standard Model of Particle
Physics -- and then to understand its implications for our
existence. Writing in the critically acclaimed style of A Universe
from Nothing, Krauss celebrates the beauty and wonders of the
natural world and details our place within it and how this shapes
our understanding of it. Krauss makes this story accessible through
profiles of the scientists responsible for these advances, and
clear explanations of their discoveries. Krauss takes us on a tour
of science and the brilliant personalities who shaped it, often
against political and religious indoctrination, enduring
persecution and ostracism. Krauss creates a captivating blend of
research and narrative to invite us into the lives and minds of
these figures,creating a landmark work of scientific history.
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