The Universe: Leading Scientists Explore the Origin, Mysteries, and Future of the Cosmos

The Universe: Leading Scientists Explore the Origin, Mysteries, and Future of the Cosmos

by John Brockman
The Universe: Leading Scientists Explore the Origin, Mysteries, and Future of the Cosmos

The Universe: Leading Scientists Explore the Origin, Mysteries, and Future of the Cosmos

by John Brockman

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Overview

John Brockman brings together the world's best-known physicists and science writers—including Brian Greene, Walter Isaacson, Nobel Prize-winner Frank Wilczek, Benoit Mandelbrot, and Martin Rees—to explain the universe in all wondrous splendor.

In The Universe, today's most influential science writers explain the science behind our evolving understanding of the universe and everything in it, including the cutting edge research and discoveries that are shaping our knowledge.

Lee Smolin reveals how math and cosmology are helping us create a theory of the whole universe. Benoit Mandelbrot looks back on a career devoted to fractal geometry. Neil Turok analyzes the fundamental laws of nature, what came before the big bang, and the possibility of a unified theory.

Seth Lloyd investigates the impact of computational revolutions and the informational revolution. Lawrence Krauss provides fresh insight into gravity, dark matter, and the energy of empty space. Brian Greene and Walter Isaacson illuminate the genius who revolutionized modern science: Albert Einstein. And much more.

Explore the universe with some of today's greatest minds: what it is, how it came into being, and what may happen next.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780062296085
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 07/08/2014
Series: Best of Edge Series
Pages: 400
Product dimensions: 5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

The publisher of the online science salon Edge.org, John Brockman is the editor of Know ThisThis Idea Must Die, This Explains Everything, This Will Make You Smarter, and other volumes.

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