Gravity Does Not Exist
A Puzzle for the 21st Century
Seiten
2014
AUP Popular Science (Verlag)
978-90-8964-446-6 (ISBN)
AUP Popular Science (Verlag)
978-90-8964-446-6 (ISBN)
Combining astrophysical knowledge with a robust argument and intellectual playfulness, this fascinating book succeeds in making a notoriously difficult subject accessible to all readers interested in a better grasp of our universe.
Every scientific fact was born as an opinion about the unknown - a hypothesis. Opinion gradually becomes fact as evidence piles up to support a theory. But what if there are two theories, each of which has produced a myriad of things that correspond perfectly to the phenomena but can't be combined into one? One theory replaced the mystery of gravity with a precise model of space and time. The other theory replaced the mystery of matter with a description of quantum particles.
As we understand our universe, we keep each in its own domain: space and time for very large things, particles for the very small ones. However, 13.8 billion years ago, those two incompatible domains belonged to a single realm. Who in the current or future generations of physicists will crack this seemingly impossible puzzle? This, contends the author, is not just a big question, but the biggest question in physics in our century.
Combining Ickes's first-hand knowledge with a robust argument and intellectual playfulness, this fascinating book succeeds in making a notoriously difficult subject accessible to all readers interested in a better grasp of our universe.
Every scientific fact was born as an opinion about the unknown - a hypothesis. Opinion gradually becomes fact as evidence piles up to support a theory. But what if there are two theories, each of which has produced a myriad of things that correspond perfectly to the phenomena but can't be combined into one? One theory replaced the mystery of gravity with a precise model of space and time. The other theory replaced the mystery of matter with a description of quantum particles.
As we understand our universe, we keep each in its own domain: space and time for very large things, particles for the very small ones. However, 13.8 billion years ago, those two incompatible domains belonged to a single realm. Who in the current or future generations of physicists will crack this seemingly impossible puzzle? This, contends the author, is not just a big question, but the biggest question in physics in our century.
Combining Ickes's first-hand knowledge with a robust argument and intellectual playfulness, this fascinating book succeeds in making a notoriously difficult subject accessible to all readers interested in a better grasp of our universe.
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Contents Foreword 3 The Process of Measurement 4 The Process of Progress 8 Laws Ain't 11 Motion 17 Huygens's Relativity 20 Acceleration 25 Gravity 28 Absoluteness Theory 31 Gravity Does Not Exist 35 Reflections 41 Feynman's Web 47 A Twist to the Tale 52 Question for the 21st Century 59 Small Steps, Ellie 68
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.5.2014 |
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Übersetzer | Lemmens |
Zusatzinfo | 25 Illustrations, color |
Verlagsort | Amsterdam |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 190 x 190 mm |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik | |
Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
ISBN-10 | 90-8964-446-6 / 9089644466 |
ISBN-13 | 978-90-8964-446-6 / 9789089644466 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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