The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Maths Reveals Nature's Deepest Secrets

基本信息

Edited by：Graham Farmelo

Publisher：Faber & Faber

Published：7 Jan 2021

Language：English

Format Paperback：336pages

ISBN-10 : 0571321828

ISBN-13 : 978-0571321827

Dimensions：129 x 20 x 198 （mm）

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

对物理和数学如何相互作用的开创性探索丰富了我们对宇宙的理解——对于任何想要了解物理学家如何试图，用斯蒂芬·霍金的话来说，“了解上帝的思想”的人来说，这都是必不可少的读物。

为了寻找宇宙的基本定律，物理学家们发现自己发展出了雄心勃勃的数学思想。但是，没有观察和实验作为指导，他们现在是在做他们的批评者所说的“童话物理学”吗?

在《宇宙用数字说话》一书中，格雷厄姆·法梅罗认为，今天最伟大的科学头脑是按照牛顿的传统工作的。他带领我们展开一场冒险，从爱因斯坦和狄拉克的启蒙到突破，从现代物理学家和数学家对彼此学科的阐释，到他们彼此的惊讶和兴奋。这种蓬勃发展的关系使我们对空间和时间的理解取得了巨大的进步，正如法梅罗解释的那样，它可以重新定义我们所知道的现实。

A groundbreaking exploration of how the interplay of physics and mathematics has enriched our understanding of the universe - essential reading for anyone who wants to grasp how physicists are attempting, in Stephen Hawking's words, to 'know the mind of God'.

Searching for the fundamental laws of the universe, physicists have found themselves developing ambitious mathematical ideas. But without observation and experiment as their guide, are they now doing 'fairy-tale physics' as their detractors claim?

In The Universe Speaks in Numbers, Graham Farmelo argues that today's greatest scientific minds are working in a tradition that dates back to Newton. He takes us on an adventure, from the Enlightenment to the breakthroughs of Einstein and Dirac, to the work of modern physicists and mathematicians shedding light on each other's disciplines, to their mutual surprise and excitement. This blossoming relationship is responsible for huge advances in our understanding of space and time - and as Farmelo explains, could redefine reality as we know it.

作者简介

格雷厄姆·法梅罗(Graham Farmelo)是一位获奖的科学作家和传记作家，也是2012年开尔文奖和奖章的得主。他曾是一位学者、博物馆专业人士和秘密的餐厅评论家，现在是剑桥大学丘吉尔学院(Churchill College)的研究员，也是普林斯顿高等研究院(Institute for Advanced Study)的常客。他为保罗·狄拉克写的传记《最奇怪的人》获得了2009年科斯塔传记奖和2010年洛杉矶时报科学图书奖。

Graham Farmelo is an award-winning science writer and biographer, and the winner of the 2012 Kelvin Prize and Medal. Formerly an academic, museum professional and undercover restaurant critic, he is now a Fellow at Churchill College, Cambridge, and a regular Visitor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. His biography of Paul Dirac, The Strangest Man, won the 2009 Costa Biography Award and the 2010 Los Angeles Times Science Book Prize.