Stephen Hawking’s phenomenal, multimillion-copy bestseller, A Brief History of Time , introduced the ideas of this brilliant theoretical physicist to readers all over the world.
Now, in a major publishing event, Hawking returns with a lavishly illustrated sequel that unravels the mysteries of the major breakthroughs that have occurred in the years since the release of his acclaimed first book.
The Universe in a Nutshell
• Quantum mechanics
• M-theory
• General relativity
• 11-dimensional supergravity
• 10-dimensional membranes
• Superstrings
• P-branes
• Black holes
One of the most influential thinkers of our time, Stephen Hawking is an intellectual icon, known not only for the adventurousness of his ideas but for the clarity and wit with which he expresses them. In this new book Hawking takes us to the cutting edge of theoretical physics, where truth is often stranger than fiction, to explain in laymen’s terms the principles that control our universe.
Like many in the community of theoretical physicists, Professor Hawking is seeking to uncover the grail of science — the elusive Theory of Everything that lies at the heart of the cosmos. In his accessible and often playful style, he guides us on his search to uncover the secrets of the universe — from supergravity to supersymmetry, from quantum theory to M-theory, from holography to duality.
He takes us to the wild frontiers of science, where superstring theory and p-branes may hold the final clue to the puzzle. And he lets us behind the scenes of one of his most exciting intellectual adventures as he seeks “to combine Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity and Richard Feynman’s idea of multiple histories into one complete unified theory that will describe everything that happens in the universe.”
With characteristic exuberance, Professor Hawking invites us to be fellow travelers on this extraordinary voyage through space-time. Copious four-color illustrations help clarify this journey into a surreal wonderland where particles, sheets, and strings move in eleven dimensions; where black holes evaporate and disappear, taking their secret with them; and where the original cosmic seed from which our own universe sprang was a tiny nut.
The Universe in a Nutshell is essential reading for all of us who want to understand the universe in which we live. Like its companion volume, A Brief History of Time , it conveys the excitement felt within the scientific community as the secrets of the cosmos reveal themselves.
看了一周。章节依次看法: 1, 广义相对论把时空和物质作为平等而不可分的对象,但没法解释看上去“稳态”的宇宙,爱因斯坦引入宇宙常数来平衡,却没接受大爆炸的可能性。核武器的原理是铀原子核裂变成总质量稍小的两个核,就会释放出巨大的能量。 2,从时间极限引出终始,...
评分内容,美。娓娓道来,果真科普。 书名甚美,哈姆莱特即使在果壳中也自认为宇宙之王,给我这本书,我也能在其中遨游无垠宇宙,在时间空间中来去穿梭。 如果将接触到这些知识前的自己比作宇宙中小小一只封闭的坚果,那此刻我渐渐向这奇妙宇宙打开果壳 p.s.霍爷爷提到了漫游指南...
评分霍金大神的两大巨著—《时间简史》与《果壳中的宇宙》。《时间简史》是个黑洞,高度致密且过了视界就出不来,《果壳里的宇宙》是个虫洞,一边看一边往回穿越去翻《时间简史》,最后一怒之下直接在两本书对应的地方互相标了页码。最后,靠着几乎都还给老师后还残存了点的...
评分《果壳中的宇宙》并没有想象中的通俗易懂,对我来说是基本没看懂的节奏。吴忠超的翻译也是神助攻,很多句子连读都读不通,虽说是霍金的学生,但可能中文不怎么好。 最近看了好些物理学方面的书,胖胖说我快走火入魔了。要说真有“魔”,这“魔”大概是读《上帝掷骰子吗?》那时...
评分《果壳中的宇宙》并没有想象中的通俗易懂,对我来说是基本没看懂的节奏。吴忠超的翻译也是神助攻,很多句子连读都读不通,虽说是霍金的学生,但可能中文不怎么好。 最近看了好些物理学方面的书,胖胖说我快走火入魔了。要说真有“魔”,这“魔”大概是读《上帝掷骰子吗?》那时...
补标16年
评分作为一个former science major who was banished from the science kingdom, 我还有脸说其实我的偶像一直都是物理学家么,呜呜呜。 还有这个标签是怎么回事……
评分有看没有懂但是还是很娱乐系列
评分尽管我有很强的科学背景,这本书有时还是让我头疼。然而,问题是,像这样的书慢慢过时只是因为新的数据。粒子物理学家在大型强子对撞机中探索并发现了许多有趣的东西。引力波的探测为我们进一步了解黑洞和其他超大质量物体创造了许多机会。与本书内容相关的热门科学话题。现在我在想,经历了这一切之后,这本书会发生怎样的变化。
评分最后两章对未来的展望很有意思。
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