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John D. Barrow |
Constants of nature: From Alph to Omega |
026737 |
2003 |
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Umberto Eco |
This is not the end of the book: A conversation curated by Jean-Philippe de Tonac |
024761 |
2012 |
Book |
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Steven Weinberg |
Dreams of a final theory |
010510 |
1993 |
Book |
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Brian Greene |
Elegant universe: Superstrings, hidden dimensions, and the quest for the ultimate theory |
016860 |
2000 |
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Douglas R. Hofstadter |
Godel, Escher and Bach an eternal golden braid |
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1979 |
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| Title | Constants of nature: From Alph to Omega |
| Author(s) | John D. Barrow |
| Publication | London, 1. Vintage Books
2. Vintage Books, London, 2003. |
| Description | 350p. |
| Abstract Note | The constants of nature are the numbers that define the essence of the Universe. They tell us how strong its forces are, and what its fundamental laws can do: the strength of gravity, of magnetism, the speed of light, and the masses of the smallest particles of matter. They encode the deepest secrets of the Universe and express at once our greatest knowledge and our greatest ignorance about the cosmos. Their existence has taught us the profound truth that Nature abounds with unseen regularities. Yet, while we have become skilled at measuring the values of these constants, our frustrating inability to explain or predict their values shows how much we still have to learn about the inner workings of the Universe.
What is the ultimate status of these constants of Nature? Are they truly constant? Could life have evolved and persisted if they were even slightly different? And are there other Universes where they are different?
These are some of the issues that this book grapples with. It looks back to the discoveries of the first constants of Nature and the impact they had on scientists like Einstein. This book also tells the story of a tantalising new development in astronomy. For the first time astronomical observations are suggesting that some of the constants of Nature were different when the Universe was younger. So are our laws of Nature slowly changing? Is anything about our Universe immune from the ravages of time? Are there any constants of Nature at all? |
| ISBN,Price | 9780099286479 : Rs 475.00(PB) |
| Classification | 524.8
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| Keyword(s) | 1. CONSTANTS
2. COSMOLOGY
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| Item Type | Book |
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| 026737 |
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| Title | This is not the end of the book: A conversation curated by Jean-Philippe de Tonac |
| Author(s) | Umberto Eco;Jean - Claude Carriere;Polly McLean (tr.) |
| Publication | London, Vintage Books, 2012. |
| Description | xi, 336p. |
| Abstract Note | A book lover today might sometimes feel like the fictional medieval friar William of Baskerville in Ecoâs The Name of the Rose, watching the written word become lost to time. In This Is Not the End of the Book, that bookâs author, Umberto Eco, and his fellow raconteur Jean-Claude Carriere sit down for a dazzling dialogue about memory and the pitfalls, blanks, omissions, and irredeemable losses of which it is made. Both men collect rare and precious books, and they joyously hold up books as hardy survivors, engaging in a critical, impassioned, and rollicking journey through book history, from papyrus scrolls to the e-book. Along the way, they touch upon science and subjectivity, dialectics and anecdotes, and they wear their immense learning lightly. A smiling tribute to what Marshall McLuhan called the Gutenberg Galaxy, this dialogue will be a delight for all readers and book lovers. |
| ISBN,Price | 9780099552451 : Rs. 333.00(PB) |
| Classification | 002(091)
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| Keyword(s) | BOOK - HISTORY
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| Item Type | Book |
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| 024761 |
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002(091)/ECO/024761 |
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