New Theories of Everything: The Quest for Ultimate ExplanationOxford University Press, 2008 - 260 Seiten Will we ever discover a single scientific theory that tells us everything that has happened, and everything that will happen, on every level in the Universe? The quest for the theory of everything - a single key that unlocks all the secrets of the Universe - is no longer a pipe-dream, but the focus of some of our most exciting research about the structure of the cosmos. But what might such a theory look like? What would it mean? And how close are we to getting there? |
Inhalt
1 Ultimate explanation | 1 |
2 Laws | 14 |
3 Initial conditions | 44 |
4 Forces and particles | 93 |
5 Constants of Nature | 110 |
6 Broken symmetries | 136 |
7 Organizing principles | 160 |
8 Selection effects | 192 |
9 Is pi really in the sky? | 202 |
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