Portrays the life and personality of the influential ballet dancer and wife of the English economist, John Maynard Keynes

Product Description: What is time? This deceptively simple question is the single most important problem facing science as we probe more deeply into the fundamentals of the universe. All of the mysteries physicists and cosmologists face-from the Big Bang to the future of the universe, from the puzzles of quantum physics to the unification of forces and particles-come down to the nature of time...read more

A theoretical physicist describes the evolution of modern-day string theory, the flaws in the attempt to formulate a 'theory of everything' to explain all the forces and particles of nature and the origins of the universe, and their repercussions for physics.

A cosmologist and science writer presents a comprehensive and detailed overview of the most recent attempts to reconcile two opposing theories--Einstein's theory of general relativity and quantum theory--by creating a 'theory of everything,' which is a revolutionary new theory of space, time, and the universe. Reprint. 30,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Amalgamating the ideas of Einstein and Darwin, the author offers a challenging view of the universe based on the idea that the laws of nature may themselves be subject to natural selection, favoring the survival of the fittest universe