The Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces
ISBN-13:
9780465018956
ISBN-10:
0465018955
Edition:
First Trade Paper Ed
Author:
Frank Wilczek
Publication date:
2010
Publisher:
Basic Books
Format:
Paperback
287 pages
Category:
Physics
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ISBN-13:
9780465018956
ISBN-10:
0465018955
Edition:
First Trade Paper Ed
Author:
Frank Wilczek
Publication date:
2010
Publisher:
Basic Books
Format:
Paperback
287 pages
Category:
Physics
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The Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces (ISBN-13: 9780465018956 and ISBN-10: 0465018955), written by authors
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A Nobel-prize winning physicist takes on the essential question: what are we made of?
Our understanding of nature's deepest reality has changed radically, but almost without our noticing, over the past twenty-five years. Transcending the clash of older ideas about matter and space, acclaimed physicist Frank Wilczek explains a remarkable new discovery: matter is built from almost weightless units, and pure energy is the ultimate source of mass. He calls it "The Lightness of Being." Space is no mere container, empty and passive. It is a dynamic Grid-a modern ether- and its spontaneous activity creates and destroys particles. This new understanding of mass explains the puzzling feebleness of gravity, and a gorgeous unification of all the forces comes sharply into focus.The Lightness of Being is the first book to explore the implications of these revolutionary ideas about mass, energy, and the nature of "empty space." In it, Wilczek masterfully presents new perspectives on our incredible universe and envisions a new golden age of fundamental physics.
Our understanding of nature's deepest reality has changed radically, but almost without our noticing, over the past twenty-five years. Transcending the clash of older ideas about matter and space, acclaimed physicist Frank Wilczek explains a remarkable new discovery: matter is built from almost weightless units, and pure energy is the ultimate source of mass. He calls it "The Lightness of Being." Space is no mere container, empty and passive. It is a dynamic Grid-a modern ether- and its spontaneous activity creates and destroys particles. This new understanding of mass explains the puzzling feebleness of gravity, and a gorgeous unification of all the forces comes sharply into focus.The Lightness of Being is the first book to explore the implications of these revolutionary ideas about mass, energy, and the nature of "empty space." In it, Wilczek masterfully presents new perspectives on our incredible universe and envisions a new golden age of fundamental physics.
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