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(0)John D Barrow
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English
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There is no more profound, enduring or fascinating question in all of science than that of how time, space, and matter began. Now John Barrow, who has been at the cutting edge of research in this area and has written extensively about it, guides us on a journey to the beginning of time, into a world of temperatures and densities so high that we cannot recreate them in a laboratory. With new insights, Barrow draws us into the latest speculative theories...
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W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
xiv, 354 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A tour of the strange and wonderful universes that modern physics posits might--just might--be out there.
"Einstein's theory of general relativity opens the door for the study of other possible universes- and weird universes at that. Not many solutions to Einstein's tantalizing equations have ever been found, but those we know about are all remarkable: universes that expand or contract, universes where time travel is possible, universes that spin...
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W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xiv, 301 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"At first glance, the worlds of math and the arts might not seem like comfortable neighbors. But as mathematician John D. Barrow points out, they have a strong and natural affinity--after all, math is the study of all patterns, and the world of the arts is rich with pattern. Barrow whisks us through 100 thought-provoking and often whimsical intersections between math and many arts, from the golden ratios of Mondrian's rectangles and the curious fractal-like...
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Clarendon Press
Pub. Date
1992
Physical Desc
ix, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Whether one studies the farthest reaches of outer space or the inner space of elementary particles of matter, our understanding of the physical world is built upon that strange symbolic language we call mathematics. But what exactly is mathematics? And why does it work? Is it just an elaborate computer game? Or merely a human invention inspired by our practical needs? Or is it something larger than life? An immaterial 'pi in the sky' reality all of...