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.
其实,挺害怕看这一类书,就像是自己在揭自己的短处,还是采用循序渐进的方式,到最后整本看完时,全身上下被打击的除了一无是处之外,再剩不下什么了。先不说难啃的概念和拗口的叙述,单是每章的题目,就完全可以拒人以千里之外了。对于一个甚至都不算是天文爱好入门者...
评分我很怀疑,当当网给我发的是盗版书,以我的文化水平居然可以看到不少明显的印刷错误和错别字。不过值得欣慰的是,这些小瑕疵并不能影响我的阅读,因为我根本就看不懂!!!哈哈哈!!! 虽然霍金确实是一个很棒的科普作家,可以将这么多物理前沿理论用尽量通俗易懂的文字和图表...
评分如徐一鸿的Quantum Field theory In A Nutshell,译为简明量子场论。 这帮子翻译的人太不负责啦。不过也有可能他们水平不高。 大家不妨翻译一下该书的书名,看看谁翻译的最好。 比如“浅谈宇宙”或“宇宙简说”如何?
评分????背景:书名出自《哈姆雷特》——“即使把我关在果壳之中,我仍然可以视自己为无限空间之王。”现代量子宇宙学认为,整个宇宙是由一个果壳状虚时间历史发展来的,果壳上的量子皱纹包含着宇宙中所有结构的密码。 ????主要内容:《时间简史》出版之后霍金的一些主要研究,涉及...
评分我很怀疑,当当网给我发的是盗版书,以我的文化水平居然可以看到不少明显的印刷错误和错别字。不过值得欣慰的是,这些小瑕疵并不能影响我的阅读,因为我根本就看不懂!!!哈哈哈!!! 虽然霍金确实是一个很棒的科普作家,可以将这么多物理前沿理论用尽量通俗易懂的文字和图表...
Do most of us worry how many insects and earthworms we squash underfoot?
评分脑洞很大,多维空间的思考还是很有趣的。对数学想象力有点要求,建议看过费曼的QED再看这本,理解起来会容易很多。
评分脑洞很大,多维空间的思考还是很有趣的。对数学想象力有点要求,建议看过费曼的QED再看这本,理解起来会容易很多。
评分史蒂芬 为什么要 故意的 把graphics和text分成两个独立的故事来讲。你叫我怎么看 一直在两种叙述里来回切换 严重 影响 readability。不喜欢 差评 读中文版的时候也遇到过这个问题 讨厌 差评。
评分补标16年
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