A Different Universe: Reinventing Physics From the Bottom Down
Paperback 254 pages English February 28, 2006
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In this age of superstring theories and Big Bang cosmology, we're used to thinking of the unknown as impossibly distant from our everyday lives. But in A Different Universe, Nobel Laureate Robert Laughlin argues that the scientific frontier is right under our fingers. Instead of looking for ultimate theories, Laughlin considers the world of emergent properties-meaning the properties, such as the hardness and shape of a crystal, that result from the organization of large numbers of atoms. Laughlin shows us how the most fundamental laws of physics are in fact emergent. A Different Universe is a truly mind-bending book that shows us why everything we think about fundamental physical laws needs to change.
- Author:
- Robert Laughlin
- Publisher:
- Basic Books
- Publication Date:
- February 28, 2006
- Number of pages:
- 254 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 0465038298
- ISBN-13:
- 9780465038299