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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Dartmouth College
Publication date
August 6, 2013
Pages
289
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781611683974
ISBN-10
1611683971
Dimensions
1 by 5.75 by 8.50 in.
Weight
0.90 lbs.
Original list price
$19.95
Other format details
university press
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: The search for universal truth, the underlying âonenessâ connecting all things, has been the abiding obsession of philosophers and alchemists, prophets and string theorists. We would cross a bridge from Occamâs razor to quantum theory on a path of symmetry and elegance toward a grand, unifying Theory of Everythingâa place, just over the horizon, where the physical laws governing very large bodies (Einsteinâs theory of relativity) and those governing tiny ones (quantum mechanics) unite in a single, orderly framework. Yet somehow, despite the strivings of some of historyâs best minds, it turns out that the universe is probably not elegant. It is most likely gloriously messy. In A Tear at the Edge of Creation, the award-winning physicist Marcelo Gleiser argues that the quest for a Theory of Everything is fundamentally misguided: imbalance, asymmetry, and imperfectionânot orderâare the engines of creation. In this lucid, down-to-earth narrative, which has been translated into twelve languages, Gleiser walks us through the basic and cutting-edge science that fueled his own transformation from unifier to doubter: a fascinating scientific quest that leads himâand usâto a new understanding of what it is to be human.
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