About this title: We live in the age of a new scientific revolution, one as sweeping and profound as that launched by Copernicus, one that continues to unfold. Beginning at the turn of the century, with the discovery of relativity and quantum mechanics, this second revolution has collapsed the elegant old Newtonian universe. Yet physicists have yet to complete a replacement, as they search for a grand unified theory. Now cosmologist Lee Smolin offers a startling new approach--a theory of the universethat is at once elegant, comprehensive, and radically different from anything proposed before. In The Life of ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, NY
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780195108378ISBN:019510837X
Description: Good in good dust jacket. 1997 Oxford U. Press hard cover. NOT EX LIB! Bright, clean pages with light reading wear, light edgewear BUT whole book has a slight bend to it. Dust jacket has mild edgewear & a little light cover scuffing. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 358 p. Index. read more
Binding: Cloth/boards
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780195108378ISBN:019510837X
Description: Octavo. viii + 358 pages. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Glossary. Index. Light wear, else a very good+ copy in a very good dust jacket with closed tear and crease at lower edge, in a mylar cover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780195108378ISBN:019510837X
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. 019510837x. 1.2 x 9.51 x 6.35 Inches; 366 pages; We live in the age of a new scientific revolution, one as sweeping and profound as that launched by Copernicus, one that continues to unfold. Beginning at the turn of the century, with the discovery of relativity and quantum mechanics, this second revolution has collapsed the elegant old Newtonian universe. Yet physicists have yet to complete a replacement, as they search for a grand unified theory. Now cosmologist Lee ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York & Oxford, et al.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780195108378ISBN:019510837X
Description: Like New in Like New jacket. Academic, Scholarly, Research. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 358 pp. Flawless book & dj. Relevant newspaper articles included. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Very Good; Oxford University Press, New York
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780195108378ISBN:019510837X
Description: In Very Good dust jacket; Reprint. Small 4to 9"-11" tall Sticker residue and another old sticker on front cover; small brown stain on front-end page; 358 pages; A radically new view of the nature of the universe that suggests that the cosmosas a whole is best understood not as mechanical and clockwork, but as complete and evolving, more akin to a living entity than a machine. Comparable in its acope and ambition to Roger Penrose and Stephen Hawking, and readable than either. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press., New York
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780195108378ISBN:019510837X
Description: First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. 358 pp. Glossary, notes, bibliography, index. Tiny bump to one corner. Jacket has some minor rubbing and scratching. Near Fine/Near Fine. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1997-05-01
ISBN-13:9780195108378ISBN:019510837X
Description: Very Good. NICE CONDITION HARDCOVER BOOK WITH DUST JACKET. NO WRITING OR MARKINGS IN TEXT. ALMOST NO WEAR TO COVER. ONLY SLIGHT WEAR TO DUST JACKET. **ALMOST LIKE NEW** LOC: SMOLIN. read more
Description: New. SUPER BARGAIN! ! ! BRAND NEW! ! -PAGES AND TEXT ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION! -MONEY BACK GUARANTEE FROM 5 STAR BOOK COMPANY! ! ! -WE ALWAYS SATISFY OUR CUSTOMERS! ! ALL DOMESTIC ORDERS INCLUDE FREE USPS TRACKING #'s-ASK FOR EXPEDITED SHIPPING AND RECEIVE YOUR SHIPMENT IN 2-4 DAY! ! INTERNATIONAL ORDERS RECEIVE A FREE UPGRADE TO GLOBAL PRIORITY MAIL! ! ! (EXCLUDES ITALY AND GREECE) read more
Description: Very good. Based on recent developments in cosmology, quantum theory, relativity and string theory, the book provocatively argues that the laws of nature we observe may be in part the result of a process of natural selection which took placebefore the big ban. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780195108378ISBN:019510837X
Description: Good+ in Good+ jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 358 pages. Index. Bibliography. "...Merges key elements of Einstein and Darwin in a breathtaking synthesis. The result is nothing less than a radically new view of the cosmos and our place within it. "-Paul Davies, University of Adelaide. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy. read more
"I don't want to give too much away. Just read this. The one thing I learned is that my instincts are really finely attuned & I should just trust them. Relativity, Quantum & Chaotic Complexity Theories are linked & taken together change the face of our understanding of reality. Theology & philosophy must be fundamentally rethought as a result. The Continental Post-Modernists were on the right track. A particular Post-Post Modernist of my aquainence is very much on the right track. I'm honored to know him. And, I agree 100%."
"It gives a good overview of big picture and current fundamental problems in physics and cosmology with some emphasis on the philosophical aspects of the discussions. Then it presents some very interesting ideas on how to extend or improve the theory of relativity and quantum mechanic so they can coexist under a more logical framework based on the original ideas first presented by Leibniz. It is interesting to see how the battle between Newton and Leibniz's physics develops throughout the book, which eventually Leibniz comes out as the winner!
My only complain is about the format of book. It has very small fonts and each chapter is not divided into subsection which makes it difficult to follow and digest at times. Also the book could have used more pictures to facilitates the understanding of some of the concepts."
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