A celebrated astronomer makes a powerful case for the harmony between two of physics\' most important and seemingly contradictory theories The twentieth century gave us two great theories of physics.
About the Author: John Gribbin is a visiting fellow in astronomy at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom and the author of many best-selling science books.. 8 billion years.
The answer lies, intriguingly, with the age of the universe: 13.
With his inimitable mixture of science, history, and biography, Gribbin shows how--despite skepticism among many physicists--these two great theories are very compatible, and point to a deep truth about the nature of our existence.
In this landmark book, John Gribbin--one of the best-known science writers of the past thirty years--presents his own version of the Holy Grail of physics, the search that has been going on for decades to Find a unified "Theory of Everything" that combines these ideas into one mathematical package, a single equation that could be printed on a T-shirt, containing the answer to life, the Universe, and everything.
The general Theory of relativity describes the behavior of very large things, and quantum Theory the behavior of very small things.
A celebrated astronomer makes a powerful case for the harmony between two of physics\' most important and seemingly contradictory theories The twentieth century gave us two great theories of physics
