Symmetry and the Beautiful Universe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Symmetry and the Beautiful Universe write by Leon M. Lederman. This book was released on 2011-11-29. Symmetry and the Beautiful Universe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When scientists peer through a telescope at the distant stars in outer space or use a particle-accelerator to analyze the smallest components of matter, they discover that the same laws of physics govern the whole universe at all times and all places. Physicists call the eternal, ubiquitous constancy of the laws of physics symmetry. Symmetry is the basic underlying principle that defines the laws of nature and hence controls the universe. This all-important insight is one of the great conceptual breakthroughs in modern physics and is the basis of contemporary efforts to discover a grand unified theory to explain all the laws of physics. Nobel Laureate Leon M. Lederman and physicist Christopher T. Hill explain the supremely elegant concept of symmetry and all its profound ramifications to life on Earth and the universe at large in this eloquent, accessible popular science book. They not only clearly describe concepts normally reserved only for physicists and mathematicians, but they also instill an appreciation for the profound beauty of the universe’s inherent design. Central to the story of symmetry is an obscure, unpretentious, but extremely gifted German mathematician named Emmy Noether. Though still little known to the world, she impressed no less a scientist than Albert Einstein, who praised her "penetrating mathematical thinking." In some of her earliest work she proved that the law of the conservation of energy was connected to the idea of symmetry and thus laid the mathematical groundwork for what may be the most important concept of modern physics. Lederman and Hill reveal concepts about the universe, based on Noether’s work, that are largely unknown to the public and have wide-reaching implications in connection with the Big Bang, Einstein’s theory of relativity, quantum mechanics, and many other areas of physics. Through ingenious analogies and illustrations, they bring these astounding notions to life. This book will open your eyes to a universe you never knew existed.
The Universe in the Rearview Mirror
The Universe in the Rearview Mirror - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Universe in the Rearview Mirror write by Dave Goldberg. This book was released on 2014-06-24. The Universe in the Rearview Mirror available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “A great read… Goldberg is an excellent guide.”—Mario Livio, bestselling author of The Golden Ratio Physicist Dave Goldberg speeds across space, time and everything in between showing that our elegant universe—from the Higgs boson to antimatter to the most massive group of galaxies—is shaped by hidden symmetries that have driven all our recent discoveries about the universe and all the ones to come. Why is the sky dark at night? If there is anti-matter, can there be anti-people? Why are past, present, and future our only options? Saluting the brilliant but unsung female mathematician Emmy Noether as well as other giants of physics, Goldberg answers these questions and more, exuberantly demonstrating that symmetry is the big idea—and the key to what lies ahead.
Why Beauty Is Truth
Why Beauty Is Truth - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Why Beauty Is Truth write by Ian Stewart. This book was released on 2008-04-29. Why Beauty Is Truth available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Physics.
A Beautiful Question
A Beautiful Question - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Beautiful Question write by Frank Wilczek. This book was released on 2016-07-12. A Beautiful Question available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Does the universe embody beautiful ideas? Artists as well as scientists throughout human history have pondered this “beautiful question.” With Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek as your guide, embark on a voyage of related discoveries, from Plato and Pythagoras up to the present. Wilczek’s groundbreaking work in quantum physics was inspired by his intuition to look for a deeper order of beauty in nature. This is the deep logic of the universe—and it is no accident that it is also at the heart of what we find aesthetically pleasing and inspiring. Wilczek is hardly alone among great scientists in charting his course using beauty as his compass. As he reveals in A Beautiful Question, this has been the heart of scientific pursuit from Pythagoras and the ancient belief in the music of the spheres to Galileo, Newton, Maxwell, Einstein, and into the deep waters of twentieth-century physics. Wilczek brings us right to the edge of knowledge today, where the core insights of even the craziest quantum ideas apply principles we all understand. The equations for atoms and light are almost the same ones that govern musical instruments and sound; the subatomic particles that are responsible for most of our mass are determined by simple geometric symmetries. Gorgeously illustrated, A Beautiful Question is a mind-shifting book that braids the age-old quest for beauty and the age-old quest for truth into a thrilling synthesis. It is a dazzling and important work from one of our best thinkers, whose humor and infectious sense of wonder animate every page. Yes: The world is a work of art, and its deepest truths are ones we already feel, as if they were somehow written in our souls.
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory write by Brian Greene. This book was released on 2003-09-30. The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Introduces the superstring theory that attempts to unite general relativity and quantum mechanics.
