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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ‘Sean Carroll has achieved
something I thought impossible: a bridge between popular science
and the mathematical universe of working physicists.
Magnificent!’ Brian Clegg, author of Ten Days in Physics that
Shook the World Immense, strange and infinite, the world of modern
physics often feels impenetrable to the undiscerning eye – a
jumble of muons, gluons and quarks, impossible to explain without
several degrees and a research position at CERN. But it doesn’t
have to be this way! Allow world-renowned theoretical physicist and
bestselling author Sean Carroll to guide you through the biggest
ideas in the universe. Elegant and simple, Carroll unravels this
web of theories and formulae equation by equation, getting to the
heart of the truths they represent. — In Space, Time and Motion,
the first book of this landmark trilogy, Carroll delves into the
core of classical physics. From Euclid to Einstein, Space, Time and
Motion explores the ideas which revolutionised science and forever
changed our understanding of our place in the cosmos.
From the Royal Society Winton Prize winner 'Sean Carroll examines
what it means to exist on this speck of dust in a possibly infinite
universe. It's fascinating to see a real working physicist thinking
these things through and trying to come to a conclusion.' -
Professor Brian Cox on The Big Picture, a Mail on Sunday Book of
the Year Quantum physics is not mystifying. The implications are
mind-bending, and not yet fully understood, but this revolutionary
theory is truly illuminating. It stands as the best explanation of
the fundamental nature of our world. Spanning the history of
quantum discoveries, from Einstein and Bohr to the present day,
Something Deeply Hidden is the essential guide to the most
intriguing subject in science. Acclaimed physicist and writer Sean
Carroll debunks the myths, resurrects and reinstates the
Many-Worlds interpretation, and presents a new path towards solving
the apparent conflict between quantum mechanics and Einstein's
theory of general relativity. In doing so, he fills a gap in the
science that has existed for almost a century. A magisterial tour,
Something Deeply Hidden encompasses the cosmological and everyday
implications of quantum reality and multiple universes. And -
finally - it all makes sense.
Winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books
A Best Science Book of the Year for the Guardian, Financial Times, and
New Scientist
It was the universe s most elusive particle, the linchpin for
everything scientists dreamed up to explain how physics works. It had
to be found. But projects as big as CERN s Large Hadron Collider don t
happen without incredible risks and occasional skullduggery. In the
definitive account of this landmark event, Caltech physicist and
acclaimed science writer Sean Carroll reveals the insights, rivalry,
and wonder that fuelled the Higgs discovery, and takes us on a riveting
and irresistible ride to the very edge of physics today.
Powerful personal accounts from migrants crossing the US-Mexico
border provide an understanding of their experiences, as well as
the consequences of public policy Migrants, refugees, and deportees
live through harrowing situations, yet their personal stories are
often ignored. While politicians and commentators mischaracterize
and demonize, herald border crises, and speculate about who people
are and how they live, the actual memories of migrants are rarely
shared. In the tradition of oral storytelling, Voices of the Border
reproduces the stories migrants have told, offering a window onto
both individual and shared experiences of crossing the US-Mexico
border. This collection emerged from interviews conducted by the
Kino Border Initiative (KBI), a Jesuit organization that provides
humanitarian assistance and advocates for migrants. Based in
Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Sonora-twin border cities connected
by shared histories, geographies, economies, and cultures-the
editors and their colleagues documented migrants' testimonios to
amplify their voices. These personal narratives of lived
experiences, presented in the original Spanish with English
translations, bring us closer to these individuals' strength, love,
and courage in the face of hardship and injustice. Short
introductions written by migrant advocates, humanitarian workers,
religious leaders, and scholars provide additional context at the
beginning of each chapter. These powerful stories help readers
better understand migrants' experiences, as well as the
consequences of public policy for their community. Royalties from
the sale of the book go to the Kino Border Initiative.
'Fascinating' - Brian Cox, Mail on Sunday Books of the Year Where
are we? Who are we? Do our beliefs, hopes and dreams hold any
significance out there in the void? Can human purpose and meaning
ever fit into a scientific worldview? Award-winning author Sean
Carroll brings his extraordinary intellect to bear on the realms of
knowledge, the laws of nature and the most profound questions about
life, death and our place in it all. From Darwin and Einstein to
the origins of life, consciousness and the universe itself, Carroll
combines cosmos-sprawling science and profound thought in a quest
to explain our world. Destined to sit alongside the works of our
greatest thinkers, The Big Picture demonstrates that while our
lives may be forever dwarfed by the immensity of the universe, they
can be redeemed by our capacity to comprehend it and give it
meaning.
These nine short tales vividly depict key discoveries in
evolutionary biology and the excitement of the scientific process.
Online resources available atwww.aw-bc.com/carroll.
Twenty years after Stephen Hawking's 9-million-copy selling A Brief
History of Time, pioneering theoretical physicist Sean Carroll
takes our investigation into the nature of time to the next level.
You can't unscramble an egg and you can't remember the future. But
what if time doesn't (or didn't!) always go in the same direction?
Carroll's paradigm-shifting research suggests that other universes
experience time running in the opposite direction to our own.
Exploring subjects from entropy and quantum mechanics to time
travel and the meaning of life, Carroll presents a dazzling new
view of how we came to exist.
Quantum physics is not mystifying. Its implications may be
mind-bending, and not yet fully understood, but the theory is
illuminating. It is the best explanation of reality we have. And
no, God does not play dice with the universe. Spanning the history
of quantum discoveries, from Einstein and Bohr to the present day,
this is the essential guide to the most intriguing subject in
science. Carroll debunks the myths that have grown up around
quantum physics, resurrects and reinstates the Many-Worlds
Interpretation, and presents a new path to solving the apparent
conflict between quantum mechanics and gravity. A magisterial tour,
Something Deeply Hidden encompasses the cosmological and everyday
implications of quantum reality. And, finally, it all makes sense.
Winner of the prestigious 2013 Royal Society Winton Prize for
Science Books
"A modern voyage of discovery." --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 most
recent book on the subject, "The God Particle," was a bestseller.
Now, Caltech physicist Sean Carroll documents the doorway that is
opening--after billions of dollars and the efforts of thousands of
researchers at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland--into the
mind-boggling world of dark matter. "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.
Twenty years after Stephen Hawking's 9-million-copy selling A Brief
History of Time, pioneering theoretical physicist Sean Carroll
takes our investigation into the nature of time to the next level.
You can't unscramble an egg and you can't remember the future. But
what if time doesn't (or didn't!) always go in the same direction?
Carroll's paradigm-shifting research suggests that other universes
experience time running in the opposite direction to our own.
Exploring subjects from entropy and quantum mechanics to time
travel and the meaning of life, Carroll presents a dazzling new
view of how we came to exist.
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