The fabric of the cosmos: space, time, and the texture of reality
Author:
Publisher:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Publication Date:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Language:
English
Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From one of the world’s leading physicists and author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Elegant Universe, comes “an astonishing ride” through the universe (The New York Times) that makes us look at reality in a completely different way.
Space and time form the very fabric of the cosmos. Yet they remain among the most mysterious of concepts. Is space an entity? Why does time have a direction? Could the universe exist without space and time? Can we travel to the past? Greene has set himself a daunting task: to explain non-intuitive, mathematical concepts like String Theory, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, and Inflationary Cosmology with analogies drawn from common experience. From Newton’s unchanging realm in which space and time are absolute, to Einstein’s fluid conception of spacetime, to quantum mechanics’ entangled arena where vastly distant objects can instantaneously coordinate their behavior, Greene takes us all, regardless of our scientific backgrounds, on an irresistible and revelatory journey to the new layers of reality that modern physics has discovered lying just beneath the surface of our everyday world.
Space and time form the very fabric of the cosmos. Yet they remain among the most mysterious of concepts. Is space an entity? Why does time have a direction? Could the universe exist without space and time? Can we travel to the past? Greene has set himself a daunting task: to explain non-intuitive, mathematical concepts like String Theory, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, and Inflationary Cosmology with analogies drawn from common experience. From Newton’s unchanging realm in which space and time are absolute, to Einstein’s fluid conception of spacetime, to quantum mechanics’ entangled arena where vastly distant objects can instantaneously coordinate their behavior, Greene takes us all, regardless of our scientific backgrounds, on an irresistible and revelatory journey to the new layers of reality that modern physics has discovered lying just beneath the surface of our everyday world.
More Copies In LINK+
Loading LINK+ Copies...
More Details
ISBN:
9780375727207
9780739353271
9780307428530
9780375412882
9780739353271
9780307428530
9780375412882
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Staff View
QR Code
Grouping Information
Grouped Work ID | bb6ab098-23cb-1a0a-809f-3e22f4a4601f |
---|---|
Grouping Title | fabric of the cosmos space time and the texture of reality |
Grouping Author | brian greene |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-09-07 02:15:45AM |
Last Indexed | 2024-09-07 02:35:37AM |
Solr Fields
accelerated_reader_point_value
0
accelerated_reader_reading_level
0
author
Greene, Brian, 1963-
author_display
Greene, Brian
available_at_catalog
Pocket-Greenhaven
detailed_location_catalog
Pocket-Greenhaven
display_description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From one of the world’s leading physicists and author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Elegant Universe, comes “an astonishing ride” through the universe (The New York Times) that makes us look at reality in a completely different way.
Space and time form the very fabric of the cosmos. Yet they remain among the most mysterious of concepts. Is space an entity? Why does time have a direction? Could the universe exist without space and time? Can we travel to the past? Greene has set himself a daunting task: to explain non-intuitive, mathematical concepts like String Theory, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, and Inflationary Cosmology with analogies drawn from common experience. From Newton’s unchanging realm in which space and time are absolute, to Einstein’s fluid conception of spacetime, to quantum mechanics’ entangled arena where vastly distant objects can instantaneously coordinate their behavior, Greene takes us all, regardless of our scientific backgrounds, on an irresistible and revelatory journey to the new layers of reality that modern physics has discovered lying just beneath the surface of our everyday world.
Space and time form the very fabric of the cosmos. Yet they remain among the most mysterious of concepts. Is space an entity? Why does time have a direction? Could the universe exist without space and time? Can we travel to the past? Greene has set himself a daunting task: to explain non-intuitive, mathematical concepts like String Theory, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, and Inflationary Cosmology with analogies drawn from common experience. From Newton’s unchanging realm in which space and time are absolute, to Einstein’s fluid conception of spacetime, to quantum mechanics’ entangled arena where vastly distant objects can instantaneously coordinate their behavior, Greene takes us all, regardless of our scientific backgrounds, on an irresistible and revelatory journey to the new layers of reality that modern physics has discovered lying just beneath the surface of our everyday world.
format_catalog
Book
eAudiobook
eBook
eAudiobook
eBook
format_category_catalog
Audio Books
Books
eBook
Books
eBook
id
bb6ab098-23cb-1a0a-809f-3e22f4a4601f
isbn
9780307428530
9780375412882
9780375727207
9780739353271
9780375412882
9780375727207
9780739353271
itype_catalog
Adult Book Non-Fiction
last_indexed
2024-09-07T09:35:37.792Z
lexile_score
-1
literary_form
Non Fiction
literary_form_full
Non Fiction
local_callnumber_catalog
523.1 G799 2004
owning_library_catalog
Sacramento Public Library
owning_location_catalog
Pocket-Greenhaven
primary_isbn
9780375727207
publishDate
2004
2006
2007
2006
2007
publisher
A.A. Knopf
Books on Tape
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Books on Tape
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
recordtype
grouped_work
subject_facet
Cosmology -- Popular works
title_display
The fabric of the cosmos : space, time, and the texture of reality
title_full
The Fabric of the Cosmos Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
The fabric of the cosmos : space, time, and the texture of reality / Brian Greene
The fabric of the cosmos : space, time, and the texture of reality / Brian Greene
title_short
The fabric of the cosmos
title_sub
space, time, and the texture of reality
topic_facet
Cosmology
Nonfiction
Science
Nonfiction
Science
Solr Details Tables
item_details
Bib Id | Item Id | Shelf Location | Call Num | Format | Format Category | Num Copies | Is Order Item | Is eContent | eContent Source | eContent URL | Detailed Status | Last Checkin | Location |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
overdrive:f255a79a-9e96-42a2-8bfa-cd421fb09d12 | -2 | Online OverDrive Collection | Online OverDrive | eBook | eBook | 1 | false | true | OverDrive | Available Online | |||
ils:.b16823618 | .i44264409 | Pocket-Greenhaven | 523.1 G799 2004 | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | pocag | |||||
overdrive:cd5958eb-2e73-4f27-9958-94e82809eb9e | -2 | Online OverDrive Collection | Online OverDrive | eAudiobook | Audio Books | 1 | false | true | OverDrive | Checked Out |
record_details
Bib Id | Format | Format Category | Edition | Language | Publisher | Publication Date | Physical Description | Abridged |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
overdrive:f255a79a-9e96-42a2-8bfa-cd421fb09d12 | eBook | eBook | English | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | 2007 | |||
ils:.b16823618 | Book | Books | 1st ed | English | A.A. Knopf | 2004 | xii, 569 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. | |
overdrive:cd5958eb-2e73-4f27-9958-94e82809eb9e | eAudiobook | Audio Books | English | Books on Tape | 2006 |
scoping_details_catalog
Bib Id | Item Id | Grouped Status | Status | Locally Owned | Available | Holdable | Bookable | In Library Use Only | Library Owned | Holdable PTypes | Bookable PTypes | Local Url |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
overdrive:f255a79a-9e96-42a2-8bfa-cd421fb09d12 | -2 | Available Online | Available Online | false | true | true | false | false | false | |||
ils:.b16823618 | .i44264409 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | true | false | true | 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120 | 11 | |
overdrive:cd5958eb-2e73-4f27-9958-94e82809eb9e | -2 | Checked Out | Checked Out | false | false | true | false | false | false |