The Constants of Nature: The Numbers That Encode the Deepest Secrets of the Universe
A leading physicist and author of Theories of Everything describes what the constants of nature--the numbers that define the universe--tell us about the inner workings of the world around us and reveals how, despite our expertise at measuring the values of such constants, we cannot explain or predict them. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
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Reality as we know it is bound by a set of constants—numbers and values that dictate the strengths of forces like gravity, the speed of light, and the masses of elementary particles. In The Constants of Nature, Cambridge Professor and bestselling author John D.Barrow takes us on an exploration of these governing principles. Drawing on physicists such as Einstein and Planck, Barrow illustrates with stunning clarity our dependence on the steadfastness of these principles. But he also suggests that the basic forces may have been radically different during the universe’s infancy, and suggests that they may continue a deeply hidden evolution. Perhaps most tantalizingly, Barrow theorizes about the realities that might one day be found in a universe with different parameters than our own.
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