{"product_id":"new-theories-of-everything-john-d-barrow-9780199548170","title":"New Theories of Everything: The Quest for Ultimate Explanation","description":"Will we ever discover a single scientific theory that tells us everything that has happened, and everything that will happen, on every level in the Universe? The quest for the theory of everything - a single key that unlocks all the secrets of the Universe - is no longer a pipe-dream, but the focus of some of our most exciting research about the structure of the cosmos. But what might such a theory look like? What would it mean? And how close are we to getting there?\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eNew Theories of Everything\u003c\/em\u003e, John D. Barrow describes the ideas and controversies surrounding the ultimate explanation. Updating his earlier work \u003cem\u003eTheories of Everything\u003c\/em\u003e with the very latest theories and predictions, he tells of the M-theory of superstrings and multiverses, of speculations about the world as a computer program, and of new ideas of computation and complexity. But this is not solely a book about modern ideas in physics - Barrow also considers and reflects on the philosophical and cultural consequences of those ideas, and their implications for our own existence in the world. \u003cbr\u003eFar from there being a single theory uniquely specifying the constants and forces of nature, the picture today is of a vast landscape of different logically possible laws and constants in many dimensions, of which our own world is but a shadow: a tiny facet of a higher dimensional reality. But this is not to say we should give up in bewilderment: Barrow shows how many rich and illuminating theories and questions arise, and what this may mean for our understanding of our own place in the cosmos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John D. Barrow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 019954817X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199548170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.00w x 0.80d","brand":"John D. Barrow","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946315186431,"sku":"9780199548170","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_004e14eb-890d-4014-be4c-a6522daddaa4.jpg?v=1681512487","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/new-theories-of-everything-john-d-barrow-9780199548170","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}