Dreams of a Final Theory: The Scientist's Search for the Ultimate Laws of Nature

The Nobel Prize-winning physicist and bestselling author of <i>The First Three Minutes</i> describes the grand quest for a unifying theory of nature--one that can explain forces as different as the cohesion inside the atom and the gravitational tug between the sun and Earth. Wirting with dazzling elegance and clarity, he retraces the steps that have led modern scientists from relativity and quantum mechanics to the notion of super-strings and the idea that our universe may coexist with others. <p/>But Weinberg asks as many questions as he answers, among them: Why does each explanation of the way nature works point to other, deeper explanations? Why are the best theories not only logical but beautiful? And what implications will a final theory have for our philosophy and religious faith? <p/>Intellectually daring, rich in anecdote and aphorism, <i>Dreams of a Final Theory</i> launches us into a new cosmos and helps us make sense of what we find there.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Steven Weinberg<br><b>Publisher:</b> Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group<br><b>Published:</b> 02/01/1994<br><b>Pages:</b> 352<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.65lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780679744085<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Publishers Weekly</i> 12/06/1993<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Steven Weinberg received the 1979 Nobel Prize for Physics for his work in unifying two of the fundamental forces of nature, and in 1991 he was awarded the