The universe speaks in numbers : how modern math reveals nature's deepest secrets / Graham Farmelo.
The universe speaks in numbers : how modern math reveals nature's deepest secrets / Graham Farmelo.
The universe speaks in numbers : how modern math reveals nature's deepest secrets / Graham Farmelo.
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Publisher
New York : Basic Books, 2019.
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G 2019/3232
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Language
English
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Physical content
321 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prologue: listening to the universe -- Mathematics drives away the cloud -- Shining the torch on electricity and magnetism -- Shining the torch on gravity again -- Quantum mathematics -- The long divorce -- Revolution -- Bad company? -- Jokes and magic lead to the string -- Strung together -- Thinki...
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Publisher
New York : Basic Books, 2019.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
"One of the great insights of science is that the universe has an underlying order. The supreme goal of physicists is to understand this order through laws that describe the behavior of the most basic particles and the forces between them. For centuries, we have searched for these laws by studying the results of experiments. Since the 1970s, howeve...
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The universe speaks in numbers : how modern math reveals nature's deepest secrets / Graham Farmelo.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-275) and index.
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©2019
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G 2019/3232
Record Identifier
74VKVxXAaKK3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVxXAaKK3
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ISBN
0465056652 hardcover
9780465056651 hardcover
DDC
530.01
MMS ID
991024247690502626
