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New Theories of Everything

The Quest for Ultimate Explanation

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The Quest for Ultimate Explanation

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Cosmology & the universe.

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019954817X

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Theories of Everything

The Quest for Ultimate Explanation

By: John D. Barrow

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Theories of Everything

The Quest for Ultimate Explanation

By: John D. Barrow

The Holy Grail of modern scientists is “The Theory of Everything,” which will contain all that can be known about the Universe — the magic formula that Einstein spent his life searching for and failed to find. In this elegant and exciting book, first published in 1990, John Barrow challenges the quest for ultimate explanation. The New Scientist says of The Theory of Everything: [It is] “an exhilarating journey that cuts across a vast terrain of conceptual landmarks: from physics to metaphysics, mathematics to philosophy, and from mythology to theology . . . without a doubt an important, engaging and highly literate book.”

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009998380X

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9780099983804

The Book of Nothing

Vacuums, Voids, and the Latest Ideas about the Origins of the Universe

By: John D. Barrow

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The Book of Nothing

Vacuums, Voids, and the Latest Ideas about the Origins of the Universe

By: John D. Barrow

What conceptual blind spot kept the ancient Greeks (unlike the Indians and Maya) from developing a concept of zero? Why did St. Augustine equate nothingness with the Devil? What tortuous means did 17th-century scientists employ in their attempts to create a vacuum? And why do contemporary quantum physicists believe that the void is actually seething with subatomic activity? You’ll find the answers in this dizzyingly erudite and elegantly explained book by the English cosmologist John D. Barrow. Ranging through mathematics, theology, philosophy, literature, particle physics, and cosmology, The Book of Nothing explores the enduring hold that vacuity has exercised on the human imagination. Combining high-wire speculation with a wealth of reference that takes in Freddy Mercury and Shakespeare alongside Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and Stephen Hawking, the result is a fascinating excursion to the vanishing point of our knowledge.

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0307554813

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9780307554819

The Book of Nothing

Vacuums, Voids, and the Latest Ideas about the Origins of the Universe

By: John D. Barrow

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Vacuums, Voids, and the Latest Ideas about the Origins of the Universe

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Impossibility

The Limits of Science and the Science of Limits

By: John D. Barrow

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Impossibility

The Limits of Science and the Science of Limits

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Astronomer John Barrow takes an intriguing look at the limits of science, who argues that there are things that are ultimately unknowable, undoable, or unreachable.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195130820

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9780195130829

100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know about Math and the Arts

By: John D. Barrow

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100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know about Math and the Arts

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An entertaining and illuminating collection of 100 surprising connections between math and the arts. 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 nature of Pollock’s drip paintings to ballerinas’ gravity-defying leaps and the next generation of monkeys on typewriters tackling Shakespeare. For those of us with our feet planted more firmly on the ground, Barrow also wields everyday equations to reveal how many guards are needed in an art gallery or where you should stand to look at sculptures. From music and drama to literature and the visual arts, Barrow’s witty and accessible observations are sure to spark the imaginations of math nerds and art aficionados alike.

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320

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393246566

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9780393246568

The Origin Of The Universe

Science Masters Series

By: John D Barrow

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The Origin Of The Universe

Science Masters Series

By: John D Barrow

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 about the nature of time and the "inflationary universe," explains "wormholes," showing how they bear upon the fact of our own existence, and considers whether there was a "singularity" at the inception of the universe. Here is a treatment so up-to-date and intellectually rich, dealing with ideas and speculation at the farthest frontier of science, that neither novice nor expert will want to miss what Barrow has to say. The Origin of the Universe is "In the Beginning" for beginners -- the latest information from a first-rate scientist and science writer.

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Basic Books

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0465066887

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The Infinite Book

A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless

By: John D. Barrow

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The Infinite Book

A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless

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For a thousand years, infinity has proven to be a difficult and illuminating challenge for mathematicians and theologians. It certainly is the strangest idea that humans have ever thought. Where did it come from and what is it telling us about our Universe? Can there actually be infinities? Is matter infinitely divisible into ever-smaller pieces? But infinity is also the place where things happen that don't. All manner of strange paradoxes and fantasies characterize an infinite universe. If our Universe is infinite then an infinite number of exact copies of you are, at this very moment, reading an identical sentence on an identical planet somewhere else in the Universe. Now Infinity is the darling of cutting edge research, the measuring stick used by physicists, cosmologists, and mathematicians to determine the accuracy of their theories. From the paradox of Zeno’s arrow to string theory, Cambridge professor John Barrow takes us on a grand tour of this most elusive of ideas and describes with clarifying subtlety how this subject has shaped, and continues to shape, our very sense of the world in which we live. The Infinite Book is a thoroughly entertaining and completely accessible account of the biggest subject of them all–infinity.

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299

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Vintage

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0307428761

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9780307428769

The Book of Universes

Exploring the Limits of the Cosmos

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Exploring the Limits of the Cosmos

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Barrow presents an unforgettable tour of the strange and wonderful universes that modern physics posits might--just might--be out there.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393081214

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9780393081213

Cosmic Imagery

Key Images in the History of Science

By: John D. Barrow

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Cosmic Imagery

Key Images in the History of Science

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... a tour through the most influential images in science"--Jacket.

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0393061779

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9780393061772

Cosmic Imagery

Key Images in the History of Science

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Key Images in the History of Science

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... a tour through the most influential images in science"--Jacket.

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The Infinite Book

A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless

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Mathletics: A Scientist Explains 100 Amazing Things About the World of Sports

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Mathletics: A Scientist Explains 100 Amazing Things About the World of Sports

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A math professor shows how math and physics can offer unexpected insights into the world of sports, from the g-forces experienced by gymnasts during the "giant swing" maneuver to an explanation as to why left-handed boxers have a strategic advantage.

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0393063410

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100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know: Math Explains Your World

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100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know: Math Explains Your World

By: John D. Barrow

“Where else does math become a romp, full of entertaining tricks and turns?”—Bryce Christensen, Booklist Have you ever considered why you always get stuck in the longest line? Why two’s company but three’s a crowd? Or why there are six degrees of separation instead of seven? In this hugely informative and endlessly entertaining book, John D. Barrow takes the most baffling of everyday phenomena and—with simple math, lucid explanations, and illustrations—explains why they work the way they do. His witty, crystal-clear answers shed light on the dark and shadowy corners of the physical world we all think we understand so well.

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0393072789

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New Theories of Everything

The Quest for Ultimate Explanation

By: John D. Barrow

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The Quest for Ultimate Explanation

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Cosmology & the universe.

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Book's by John D. Barrow

New Theories of Everything

New Theories of Everything

Theories of Everything

Theories of Everything

The Book of Nothing

The Book of Nothing

The Book of Nothing

The Book of Nothing

Impossibility

Impossibility

100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know about Math and the Arts

100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know about Math and the Arts

The Origin Of The Universe

The Origin Of The Universe

The Infinite Book

The Infinite Book

The Book of Universes

The Book of Universes

Cosmic Imagery

Cosmic Imagery

Cosmic Imagery

Cosmic Imagery

The Infinite Book

The Infinite Book

Mathletics: A Scientist Explains 100 Amazing Things About the World of Sports

Mathletics: A Scientist Explains 100 Amazing Things About the World of Sports

100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know: Math Explains Your World

100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know: Math Explains Your World

New Theories of Everything

New Theories of Everything

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