A different universe : reinventing physics from the bottom down | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Proposes a new way of understanding and interpreting the fundamental laws of science that will open up human thinking to the vast possibilities of the universe

Print Book, English, ©2005

Publisher: Basic Books, New York, ©2005

Genre:Popular works

Physical Description:xviii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

ISBN:

9780465038282, 9780465038299, 046503828X, 0465038298

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:57143210

Contents:

Frontier law

Living with uncertainty

Mount Newton

Water, ice, and vapor

Schrödinger's cat

The quantum computer

Vin Klitzing

I solved it at dinner

The nuclear family

The fabric of space-time

Carnival of the baubles

The dark side of protection

Principles of life

Star warriors

Picnic table in the sun

The emergent age