The Fabric of the Cosmos：Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality

图书标准信息

• 作者 Brian Greene 著
• 出版社 Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• 出版时间 2004-02
• ISBN 9780375412882
• 定价 280.30元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 592页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

FromBrianGreene,oneoftheworld’sleadingphysicists,comesagrandtouroftheuniversethatmakesuslookatrealityinacompletelydifferentway.

Spaceandtimeformtheveryfabricofthecosmos.Yettheyremainamongthemostmysteriousofconcepts.Isspaceanentity?Whydoestimehaveadirection?Couldtheuniverseexistwithoutspaceandtime?Canwetraveltothepast?

Greeneusesthesequestionstoguideustowardmodernscience’snewanddeeperunderstandingoftheuniverse.FromNewton’sunchangingrealminwhichspaceandtimeareabsolute,toEinstein’sfluidconceptionofspacetime,toquantummechanics’entangledarenawherevastlydistantobjectscanbridgetheirspatialseparationtoinstantaneouslycoordinatetheirbehaviororevenundergoteleportation,Greenerevealsourworldtobeverydifferentfromwhatcommonexperienceleadsustobelieve.Focusingontheenigmaoftime,Greeneestablishesthatnothinginthelawsofphysicsinsiststhatitruninanyparticulardirectionandthat“time’sarrow”isarelicoftheuniverse’sconditionatthemomentofthebigbang.Andinexplainingthebigbangitself,Greeneshowshowrecentcutting-edgedevelopmentsinsuperstringandM-theorymayreconcilethebehaviorofeverythingfromthesmallestparticletothelargestblackhole.Thisstartlingvisionculminatesinavibranteleven-dimensional“multiverse,”pulsatingwithever-changingtextures,wherespaceandtimethemselvesmaydissolveintosubtler,morefundamentalentities.

Sparkedbythetrademarkwit,humor,andbrilliantuseofanalogythathavemadeTheElegantUniverseamodernclassic,BrianGreenetakesusall,regardlessofourscientificbackgrounds,onanirresistibleandrevelatoryjourneytothenewlayersofrealitythatmodernphysicshasdiscoveredlyingjustbeneaththesurfaceofoureverydayworld.

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【作者简介】

BrianGreenereceivedhisundergraduatedegreefromHarvardUniversityandhisdoctoratefromOxfordUniversity,wherehewasaRhodesScholar.HejoinedthephysicsfacultyofCornellUniversityin1990,wasappointedtoafullprofessorshipin1995,andin1996joinedColumbiaUniversitywhereheisprofessorofphysicsandmathematics.Hehaslecturedatbothageneralandatechnicallevelinmorethantwenty-fivecountriesandiswidelyregardedforanumberofgroundbreakingdiscoveriesinsuperstringtheory.HelivesinAndes,NewYork,andNewYorkCity.