The Fabric of the Cosmos
Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
What space and time actually are, from Newton's spinning bucket to string theory, for readers who want the physics without the equations.
Brian Greene works through what space and time are made of, beginning with Newton’s spinning bucket and whether it would show inertia in an otherwise empty universe. He builds from classical gravity through special and general relativity to quantum mechanics and string theory, using thought experiments rather than mathematics, and returns throughout to Einstein’s unfinished search for a single framework covering every force.
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Walter Isaacson
This is the clearest explanation of Newton and Einstein available, and Greene does it with a great sense of humour and wonderful visual thought experiments.
Interview · December 2010
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