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The grand design [sound recording] /

by Hawking, Stephen; Mlodinow, Leonard; West, Steve; Random House Audio Publishing.
Material type: materialTypeLabelSoundPublisher: New York : Random House Audio, p2010Description: 4 audio discs (4.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.ISBN: 9780739344262 :; 0739344269 :.Subject(s): Unified field theories | Mathematical physics | Superstring theories
Contents:
The mystery of being -- The rule of law -- What is reality? -- Alternative histories -- The theory of everything -- Choosing our universe -- The apparent miracle -- The grand design.
Reading by Steve West.Summary: Mixes cutting-edge physics to answer three key questions-- Why is there something rather than nothing? Why do we exist? Why this particular set of laws and not some other? Explains that scientists are approaching what is called "M-theory," a collection of overlapping theories (including string theory) that fill in many (but not all) the blank spots in quantum physics. This collection is known as the "Grand Unified Field Theories."
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The mystery of being -- The rule of law -- What is reality? -- Alternative histories -- The theory of everything -- Choosing our universe -- The apparent miracle -- The grand design.

Reading by Steve West.

Mixes cutting-edge physics to answer three key questions-- Why is there something rather than nothing? Why do we exist? Why this particular set of laws and not some other? Explains that scientists are approaching what is called "M-theory," a collection of overlapping theories (including string theory) that fill in many (but not all) the blank spots in quantum physics. This collection is known as the "Grand Unified Field Theories."

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