The Matter Myth : Dramatic Discoveries that Challenge Our Understanding of Physical Reality

Paul Davies; John Gribbin
Simon & Schuster
9780743290913
0-7432-9091-7

In this sweeping survey, acclaimed science writers Paul Davies and John Gribbin provide a complete overview of advances in the study of physics that have revolutionized modern science. From the weird world.

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of quarks and the theory of relativity to the latest ideas about the birth of the cosmos, the authors find evidence for a massive paradigm shift. Developments in the studies of black holes, cosmic strings, solitons, and chaos theory challenge commonsense concepts of space, time, and matter, and demand a radically altered and more fully unified view of the universe.