The Fabric of the Cosmos：Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
- 作者
- 出版社 Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- 出版时间 2004年2月
- ISBN 9780375412882
- 定价 280.30
内容简介
FromBrianGreene,oneoftheworld’sleadingphysicists,comesagrandtouroftheuniversethatmakesuslookatrealityinacompletelydifferentway.Spaceandtimeformtheveryfabricofthecosmos.Yettheyremainamongthemostmysteriousofconcepts.Isspaceanentity?Whydoestimehaveadirection?Couldtheuniverseexistwithoutspaceandtime?Canwetraveltothepast?Greeneusesthesequestionstoguideustowardmodernscience’snewanddeeperunderstandingoftheuniverse.FromNewton’sunchangingrealminwhichspaceandtimeareabsolute,toEinstein’sfluidconceptionofspacetime,toquantummechanics’entangledarenawherevastlydistantobjectscanbridgetheirspatialseparationtoinstantaneouslycoordinatetheirbehaviororevenundergoteleportation,Greenerevealsourworldtobeverydifferentfromwhatcommonexperienceleadsustobelieve.Focusingontheenigmaoftime,Greeneestablishesthatnothinginthelawsofphysicsinsiststhatitruninanyparticulardirectionandthat“time’sarrow”isarelicoftheuniverse’sconditionatthemomentofthebigbang.Andinexplainingthebigbangitself,Greeneshowshowrecentcutting-edgedevelopmentsinsuperstringandM-theorymayreconcilethebehaviorofeverythingfromthesmallestparticletothelargestblackhole.Thisstartlingvisionculminatesinavibranteleven-dimensional“multiverse,”pulsatingwithever-changingtextures,wherespaceandtimethemselvesmaydissolveintosubtler,morefundamentalentities.Sparkedbythetrademarkwit,humor,andbrilliantuseofanalogythathavemadeTheElegantUniverseamodernclassic,BrianGreenetakesusall,regardlessofourscientificbackgrounds,onanirresistibleandrevelatoryjourneytothenewlayersofrealitythatmodernphysicshasdiscoveredlyingjustbeneaththesurfaceofoureverydayworld.With146illustrationsJacketphotographbyDBImage/BrandXPictures,
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