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The Quantum Universe：Everything that can happen does happen

内容简介

"TheQuantumUniverse"bringstogethertwoauthorsonabrilliantlyambitiousmissiontoshowthateveryonecanunderstandthedeepestquestionsofscience.Butjustwhatisquantumphysics?Howdoesithelpusunderstandtheworld?WheredoesitleaveNewtonandEinstein?Andwhy,aboveall,canwebesurethatthetheoryisgood?Thebizarrebehaviouroftheatomsandenergythatmakeuptheuniversehasledtosomeverywoollypronouncementsonthenatureofallinterconnectedness.Here,BrianCoxandJeffForshawgiveustherealscience,andrevealtheprofoundtheoriesthatallowforconcrete,yetastonishing,predictionsabouttheworld.Thisisourmostup-to-datepictureofreality.

作者简介

BrianCoxisaProfessorofParticlePhysicsandRoyalSocietyUniversityResearchFellowattheUniversityofManchester.HealsoworksattheCERNlaboratoryinGeneva.Hehasreceivedmanyawardsforhisworkpromotingscience,includingtheprestigiousBritishAssociationLordKelvinAwardand,in2010,anOBE.HeisalsoapopularpresenteronTVandradio.JeffForshawisProfessorofTheoreticalPhysicsattheUniversityofManchester,specializinginthephysicsofelementaryparticles.HewasawardedtheInstituteofPhysicsMaxwellMedalin1999foroutstandingcontributionstotheoreticalphysics.Hehasco-writtenanundergraduatetextbookonrelativityandistheauthorofanadvancedlevelmonographonparticlephysics.BrianandJeffbegancollaboratingonscientificpapersin1998andhavepublishedontopicsrangingfromPomeronstoHiggsBosons.TheirfirstbooktogetherWhyDoesE=mc2?becameacriticallyacclaimedinternationalbestseller:'Fundamentalanddizzyinglyexciting'TheTimes;'Atrulyimpressiveachievement'DailyTelegraph;'Likebeingtakenonanarmyassaultcoursebythetwofriendliestdrillsergeantsintheworld'Guardian;'Pairstheenthusiasmofnewcomerswiththeknowledgeofexperts'PhysicsWorld.

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