Trespassing on Einstein's lawn : a father, a daughter, the meaning of nothing, and the beginning of everything /


Amanda Gefter.
Bok Engelsk 2014 Amanda. Gefter,· Electronic books
Omfang
1 online resource (418 pages ) : illustrations ;
Utgave
First edition.
Opplysninger
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph. - Crashing the ultimate reality party -- The perfect alibi -- Smile! -- Delayed choices -- Schrödinger's rats -- Fictitious forces -- Carving the world into pieces -- Making history -- A hint of how the universe is built -- That Alice-in-Wonderland shit -- Hope produces space and time -- That hypothetical, secret object -- Smashing the glass -- Incompleteness -- Into the margin.. - "Opening with the author's attempt to sneak herself and her father into a conference attended by the planet's great scientific thinkers (including Brian Greene, Max Tegmark, and coiner of the term "black hole" John Wheeler), Trespassing on Einstein's Lawn takes readers on an exhilarating and memorable journey to the mysterious heart of the universe"--
Emner
Sjanger
Dewey
ISBN
0-345-53963-X

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