Grand Design

图书标准信息

• 作者 Stephen、Leonard Mlodinow 著
• 出版社 Bantam Adult
• 出版时间 2011-08
• ISBN 9780553819229
• 定价 86.30元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 256页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Whenandhowdidtheuniversebegin?Whyarewehere?Istheapparent'granddesign'ofouruniverseevidenceforabenevolentcreatorwhosetthingsinmotion?Ordoesscienceofferanotherexplanation?InTheGrandDesign,themostrecentscientificthinkingaboutthemysteriesoftheuniverseispresentedinlanguagemarkedbybothbrillianceandsimplicity.Modeldependentrealism,themultiverse,thetop-downtheoryofcosmology,andtheunifiedM-theory-allarerevealedhere.Thisisthefirstmajorworkinnearlyadecadebyoneoftheworld'sgreatestthinkers.Asuccinct,startlingandlavishlyillustratedguidetodiscoveriesthatarealteringourunderstandingandthreateningsomeofourmostcherishedbeliefsystems,TheGrandDesignisabookthatwillinform-andprovoke-likenoother.

【作者简介】

Stephen HawkingheldthepositionofLucasianProfessorofMathematicsattheUniversityofCambridgeforthirtyyears.HeistheauthorofABriefHistoryofTimewhichwasaninternationalbestseller.HisotherbooksforthegeneralreaderincludeABrieferHistoryofTime,theessaycollectionBlackHolesandBabyUniverseandTheUniverseinaNutshell.

PhysicistLeonard Mlodinow hastaughtatCalTech,writtenforStarTrek:TheNextGeneration,andistheauthorofEuclid'sWindow,Feynman'sRainbowandSomeTimewithFeynman.