03171nam 22006855 450 991037393110332120200701170810.03-030-32553-910.1007/978-3-030-32553-4(CKB)4100000009939772(MiAaPQ)EBC5984573(DE-He213)978-3-030-32553-4(PPN)269145702(EXLCZ)99410000000993977220191124d2019 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSaint Joan of New York A Novel About God and String Theory /by Mark Alpert1st ed. 2019.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2019.1 online resource (vi, 232 pages)Science and Fiction,2197-11883-030-32552-0 Physics and the Search for Meaning -- Saint Joan of New York: A Novel about God and String Theory -- Author’s Note.SAINT JOAN OF NEW YORK is a novel about a math prodigy who becomes obsessed with discovering the Theory of Everything. Joan Cooper, a 17-year-old genius traumatized by the death of her older sister, tries to rebuild her shattered world by studying string theory and the efforts to unify the laws of physics. But as she tackles the complex equations, she falls prey to disturbing visions of a divine being who wants to help her unveil the universe’s mathematical design. Joan must enter the battle between science and religion, fighting for her sanity and a new understanding of the cosmos.Science and Fiction,2197-1188PhysicsQuantum field theoryString theoryMetaphysicsPsychology and religionReligion and sociologyPopular Science in Physicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q29000Quantum Field Theories, String Theoryhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P19048Metaphysicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E18000Religion and Psychologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Y46000Social Aspects of Religionhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/1A8000Physics.Quantum field theory.String theory.Metaphysics.Psychology and religion.Religion and sociology.Popular Science in Physics.Quantum Field Theories, String Theory.Metaphysics.Religion and Psychology.Social Aspects of Religion.813.6Alpert Markauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1063393MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910373931103321Saint Joan of New York2532079UNINA