{"product_id":"the-universe-paperback","title":"The Universe - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Brockman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Brockman brings together the world's best-known physicists and science writers--including Brian Greene, Walter Isaacson, Nobel Prize-winner Frank Wilczek, Benoit Mandelbrot, and Martin Rees--to explain the universe in all wondrous splendor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Universe\u003c\/em\u003e, today's most influential science writers explain the science behind our evolving understanding of the universe and everything in it, including the cutting edge research and discoveries that are shaping our knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLee Smolin reveals how math and cosmology are helping us create a theory of the whole universe. Benoit Mandelbrot looks back on a career devoted to fractal geometry. Neil Turok analyzes the fundamental laws of nature, what came before the big bang, and the possibility of a unified theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeth Lloyd investigates the impact of computational revolutions and the informational revolution. Lawrence Krauss provides fresh insight into gravity, dark matter, and the energy of empty space. Brian Greene and Walter Isaacson illuminate the genius who revolutionized modern science: Albert Einstein. And much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExplore the universe with some of today's greatest minds: what it is, how it came into being, and what may happen next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExplore the universe with today's greatest physicists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the wake of one of the most groundbreaking scientific breakthroughs in modern times, the March 2014 discovery of gravitational ripples from the Big Bang--an apparent confirmation of Alan Guth and Andrei Linde's theory of cosmic inflation--John Brockman of Edge.org has gathered together some of the world's best minds to explain the universe as we currently know it. The contributors--many pioneering theoretical physicists and cosmologists, including Guth and Linde--provide an extraordinary picture of cosmology as it has developed over the past three decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e Alan Guth and Andrei Linde explain the Inflationary Universe theory.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Lee Smolin discusses the nature of time.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Lisa Randall and Neil Turok elaborate on the theory of branes, two-dimensional structures arising from string theory--whose existence is central to the cyclic universe.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Seth Lloyd investigates how the universe behaves like a self-programming computer.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Lawrence Krauss provides fresh insight into gravity, dark matter, and the energy of empty space.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Brian Greene and Einstein biographer Walter Isaacson speculate on how Albert Einstein might view the theoretical physics of the twenty-first century.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e The late Benoit Mandelbrot looks back on a long career devoted to fractal geometry.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Plus Nobel Prize winner Frank Wilczek, Astronomer Royal MaRtin Rees, Caltech physicist Sean Carroll, Stanford's Leonard Susskind, Oxford's David Deutsch, Cornell's Steven Strogatz, Albert Einstein Professor in Science at Princeton Paul Steinhardt, and more!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e--Brain Pickings\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExplore the universe with today's greatest physicists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the wake of one of the most groundbreaking scientific breakthroughs in modern times, the March 2014 discovery of gravitational ripples from the Big Bang--an apparent confirmation of Alan Guth and Andrei Linde's theory of cosmic inflation--John Brockman of Edge.org has gathered together some of the world's best minds to explain the universe as we currently know it. The contributors--many pioneering theoretical physicists and cosmologists, including Guth and Linde--provide an extraordinary picture of cosmology as it has developed over the past three decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e Alan Guth and Andrei Linde explain the Inflationary Universe theory.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Lee Smolin discusses the nature of time.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Lisa Randall and Neil Turok elaborate on the theory of branes, two-dimensional structures arising from string theory--whose existence is central to the cyclic universe.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Seth Lloyd investigates how the universe behaves like a self-programming computer.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Lawrence Krauss provides fresh insight into gravity, dark matter, and the energy of empty space.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Brian Greene and Einstein biographer Walter Isaacson speculate on how Albert Einstein might view the theoretical physics of the twenty-first century.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e The late Benoit Mandelbrot looks back on a long career devoted to fractal geometry.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Plus Nobel Prize winner Frank Wilczek, Astronomer Royal MaRtin Rees, Caltech physicist Sean Carroll, Stanford's Leonard Susskind, Oxford's David Deutsch, Cornell's Steven Strogatz, Albert Einstein Professor in Science at Princeton Paul Steinhardt, and more!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.96 x 8.21 x 5.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 08, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698354557024,"sku":"9780062296085","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/85d45c54f4de591286a76bbe680709ba.webp?v=1775833897","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-universe-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}