1, a brief history of time
Author: (English) Hawking
Publishing House: Hunan Science and Technology Publishing House
Stephen Hawking's bestseller A Brief History of Time has become a milestone in scientific writing. This is not only because of the author's charming expression, but also because of the awesome themes he discussed: the essence of time and space, the role of God in creation, the history and future of the universe.
Although this book is indeed "more concise" in length, it actually expands the main theme of the original work. Pure technical concepts, such as mathematics of chaotic boundary conditions, have been deleted. On the contrary, topics including relativity, curved space and quantum theory, although infinitely interesting, are difficult to understand because they are scattered in the original work. Now they are discussed in a separate chapter.
2. The universe in the shell
Author: Stephen Hawking
Publishing House: Hunan Science and Technology Publishing House
Relativity and quantum theory are the greatest scientific achievements of the 20th century. Especially the former, he is a great construction of human wisdom. Therefore, the first chapter of Universe in Shell, A Brief History of Relativity, is mainly about Einstein's life. Quantum theory is a passive product of experimental observation, and its significance is still unclear. In general relativity, space-time is no longer a passive background, but an active participant in the evolution of the universe. The distribution of matter will bend time and space. Now, if we talk about space and time outside the universe and speculate on these concepts, we can only go back to St. Augustine. Newton's view of time and space is illusory, and the only function of illusion is to comfort the weak.
Einstein's theory of gravity is to simplify gravity into the curvature of space-time. So can time and space be curved to make people go back to the past and change history? Strict scientific calculations point out that this is impossible.
What about the ability to predict the future? Now it seems that it has been restricted at least in three levels. Firstly, the chaotic behavior of dynamic system makes it impossible to realize the certainty in Laplace sense in practice. Secondly, in quantum mechanics, states are described by the uncertainty of wave function and Heisenberg. ...
3. String of the Universe
Author: Green
Publishing House: Hunan Science and Technology Publishing House
Green is one of the leading string theorists in the world today. He skillfully combined scientific thinking with writing. This book unveiled the mystery of string theory and revealed a 1 1 dimensional universe. There, the fibers in space are torn and stitched together by themselves, and everything-from the smallest quark to the largest supernova-is produced by the vibration of the microscopic small energy ring.
In order to illustrate the wonderful and confusing reality revealed by modern physics, Green used many examples. The talent of this book is dizzying, and no book enlightens the mind and delights readers like it. This is really a scientific masterpiece-a pleasant and pure trip to modern physics, which brings us closer to the universe than before. ...
4. Mathematics: Loss of certainty
Author: m. Klein
Publishing House: Hunan Science and Technology Publishing House
Most knowledgeable people still think that mathematics is an unshakable knowledge system about the material world, and mathematical reasoning is accurate. This book refutes this myth. It emphasizes the illogical development mode of mathematics, the problem of applying mathematics against "pure" mathematics, and the challenges encountered by the coherence of mathematical logic structure in the 20 th century.
Most knowledgeable people still think that mathematics is an unshakable knowledge system about the material world, and mathematical reasoning is accurate. This book refutes this myth. M Klein pointed out that today, generally accepted mathematical concepts no longer exist. Actually, there are many contradictory mathematical concepts. However, when describing and studying natural and social phenomena, the effectiveness of mathematics is constantly expanding. Why? "Very readable ... outstanding" personal achievement "... he wants to tell exciting stories and tell them well. "The book discusses the rise and fall of the dignity of mathematics at the non-professional level, and introduces in detail the origin, prosperity, scientific mathematization and where mathematics goes.
5. Arrow of Time
Author: (English) Coventry
Publishing House: Hunan Science and Technology Publishing House
Time is still one of the most difficult mysteries for human beings to solve. Although there are traces of it in today's important scientific theories, there is still a lack of a clear scientific explanation for "time". For example, in many important scientific theories, time has no direction and is "reversible".
The author of this book guides readers through all the important scientific theories that try to solve the mystery of time. They explore the physical theories of time-Newtonian mechanics, Einstein's theory of relativity, quantum theory and field theory-and study how time appears in poetry, chemistry and biology-from "Marville's winged chariot" and "biological clock" to jet lag and the causes of Monday morning depression. After that, they summarized various explanations of time, described a brand-new way to give time a sense of direction, and called for a brand-new theory that could cover the arrow of time.
6. The dream of ultimate theory
Author: (America) Weinberg
Publishing House: Hunan Science and Technology Publishing House
Finding the ultimate theory of nature is a great rational adventure. The dream of ultimate theory has inspired many research dances of high energy physics today. Although we don't know what the ultimate theory will look like, we don't know how many teenagers it will take to find it; But we believe that we have vaguely seen it.
Weinberg tells us the great pursuit of the theory of natural unity, guiding readers from relativity and quantum behavior to superstrings and other universes that may be with us today.
7. The Emperor's New Brain
Author: Penrose
Publishing House: Hunan Science and Technology Publishing House
This book discusses computer science, mathematics, physics, cosmology, neuroscience and philosophy in a simple way, which embodies the author's fearless spirit of challenging the philosophical problem-"the relationship between soul and flesh" This book is full of genius-like speculation, which runs through the inspiration and passion of exploring the truth. This is a masterpiece carefully made by the author, and its new way of explaining scientific topics is striking. This masterpiece reevaluates relativity and quantum theory. The author puts forward his new views on modern physics and artificial intelligence, and suggests that people must completely change their concepts of time and space. .
8. Four-dimensional travel
Author: (English) Boydevin
Publishing House: Hunan Science and Technology Publishing House
Time and space are the most basic characteristics of our experience, and also the biggest confusion of our experience. Does time have a beginning? Is there any space outside the universe? When everything stops moving, will time continue Can space exist empty? Is time travel possible? Can time go back? Is there a fourth dimension in space? ..... This book inspires us to wander among many doubts and paradoxes with clear and wise language. The author found a large number of examples from science, history and literature, which made us deeply feel the difficulties brought by the common concept of time and space, and encouraged us to think about those problems ourselves. You don't need scientific expertise to appreciate this book. After reading it, the universe in front of you may become different.
9. National Geographic
Author: (America) David
Press: Anhui Children's Publishing House
In the process of studying planets, stars and galaxies, David developed endless curiosity and awe of the universe. The number of planets of the solar system he will show you around has also increased from the familiar nine to 13. He takes you to imagine what it's like to stand on the surface of Uranus and the moon or observe Mars at close range. Every trip you will go through, even if it is not realized, is based on science. When you explore outside the solar system, you will be shocked by the life cycle of stars, the collision of galaxies and the birth of planets.
10, spatio-temporal property
Authors: (English) Hawking, Penrose
Publishing House: Hunan Science and Technology Publishing House
Einstein once said that the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is understandable. Is he right? Can the two most accurate and successful theories, quantum field theory and general relativity, be unified in quantum gravity? Stephen Hawking and roger penrose debated this issue.
In a sense, today's debate can be regarded as a continuation of the famous and protracted debate more than 60 years ago. Here Penrose plays the role of Einstein and Hawking plays the role of Bohr. Although the controversial issues are different, as in the past, philosophical views and argumentation skills are intertwined here, generating inspiration like a torrent and flashing the light of human wisdom.