Gravity does not exist : a puzzle for the 21st Century / / Vincent Icke [[electronic resource]]
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| Autore: |
Icke Vincent
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| Titolo: |
Gravity does not exist : a puzzle for the 21st Century / / Vincent Icke [[electronic resource]]
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| Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2014 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (109 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina: | 530 |
| Soggetto topico: | Physics |
| Soggetto non controllato: | Gravity - quanta - unknown physics |
| Note generali: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Jan 2021). |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- The Process of Measurement -- The Process of Progress -- Laws Ain't -- Motion -- Huygens's Relativity -- Acceleration -- Gravity -- Absoluteness Theory -- Gravity Does Not Exist -- Reflections -- Jes' Rollin' Along -- Feynman's Web -- A Twist to the Tale -- Questions for the 21st Century -- Small Moves, Ellie -- Thanks |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Every scientific fact was born as an opinion about the unknown - a hypothesis. Opinion gradually becomes fact as evidence piles up to support a theory. But what if there are two theories, each of which has produced a myriad of things that correspond perfectly to the phenomena but can't be combined into one? One theory replaced the mystery of gravity with a precise model of space and time. The other theory replaced the mystery of matter with a description of quantum particles. As we understand our universe, we keep each in its own domain: space and time for very large things, particles for the very small ones. However, 13.8 billion years ago, those two incompatible domains belonged to a single realm. Who in the current or future generations of physicists will crack this seemingly impossible puzzle? This, contends the author, is not just a big question, but the biggest question in physics in our century. Combining Ickes's first-hand knowledge with a robust argument and intellectual playfulness, this fascinating book succeeds in making a notoriously difficult subject accessible to all readers interested in a better grasp of our universe. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Gravity does not exist |
| ISBN: | 90-485-1705-2 |
| 90-485-1704-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910810094503321 |
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