Ultimate Physics

Ultimate Physics

The fundamental outlines of the physical world, from its tiniest particles to massive galaxy clusters, have been apparent for decades. Does this mean physicists are about to tie it all up into a neat package? Not at all. Just when you think youâ€™re figuring it out, the universe begins to look its strangest. This eBook, â€œUltimate Physics: From Quarks to the Cosmos,â€ illustrates clearly how answers often lead to more questions and open up new paths to insight. We open with â€œThe Higgs at Last,â€ which looks behind the scenes of one of the most anticipated discoveries in physics and examines how this â€œHiggs-likeâ€ particle both confirmed and confounded expectations. In â€œThe Inner Life of Quarks,â€ author Don Lincoln discusses evidence that quarks and leptons may not be the smallest building blocks of matter. Section Two switches from the smallest to the largest of scales, and in â€œOrigin of the Universe,â€ Michael Turner analyzes a number of speculative scenarios about how it all began. Another two articles examine the mystery of dark energy and some doubts as to whether it exists at all. In the last section, we look at one of the most compelling problems in physics: how to tie together the very small and the very large â€“ quantum mechanics and general relativity. In one article, Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow argue that a so-called â€œtheory of everythingâ€ may be out of reach, and in another, David Deutsch and Artur Ekert question the view that quantum mechanics imposes limits on knowledge, arguing instead that the theory has an intricacy that allows for new, practical technologies, including powerful computers that can reach their true potential.

Country	USA
Author	Scientific American Editors
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781466859043
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Scientific American
Manufacturer	Scientific American
NumberOfPages	224
PublicationDate	2016-07-11
Publisher	Scientific American
ReleaseDate	2016-07-11
Studio	Scientific American

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