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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2006 (Brian Greene, Editor)
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| Selected by best-selling author Brian Greene, the first physicist to edit this prestigious series, The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2006 showcases the finest literary nonfiction writing on diverse scientific topics published in the past year, writing that Greene highlights for bridging the gap between the sciences and the humanities and increasing our society's all-important science literacy. In their review, Booklist called it, "A terrific sampling of scientifc lines of inquiry and science writing at its best."
(Source: Houghton Mifflin) |
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The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
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| Brian Greene offers a lively view of human understanding of space and time, an understanding of which string theory is an as-yet unproven advance. To do this, he takes a roughly chronological approach, beginning with Newton, moving through Einstein and quantum physics, and on to string theory and its hypotheses (that there are 11 dimensions, ten of space and one of time; that there may be an abundance of parallel universes; that time travel may be possible, and so on) and imminent experiments that may test some of its tenets....Greene not only makes concepts clear but explains why they matter. He opens the book with a discussion of Camus's The Myth of Sisyphus, setting a humanistic tone that he sustains throughout. This is popular science writing of the highest order.
(from Publishers Weekly starred review) |
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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
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| In The Elegant Universe,Brian Greene explains the conflict in physics that, "As they are currently formulated, general relativity and quantum mechanics cannot both be right." Each is exceedingly accurate in its field, yet the theories collide horribly under extreme conditions such as black holes or times close to the big bang. Greene, a specialist in quantum field theory, believes that the two pillars of physics can be reconciled in superstring theory, a theory of everything. |
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