Intricacies of Universe Particle Physics and Existence.
Explore the intricacies of the universe with a curated reading list on particle physics and existence, featuring Brian Greene's The Fabric of the Cosmos and Kip Thorne's Black Holes and Time Warps.
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Four Laws That Drive the Universe
by Peter Atkins
The laws of thermodynamics drive everything that happens in the universe. From the sudden expansion of a cloud of gas to the cooling of hot metal, and from the unfurling of a leaf to the course of life itself - everything is directed and constrained by four simple laws. They establish fundamental concepts such as temperature and heat, and reveal the arrow of time and even the nature of energy itself.Peter Atkins' powerful and compelling introduction explains what the laws are and how they work, using accessible language and virtually no mathematics. Guiding the reader from the Zeroth Law to the Third Law, he introduces the fascinating concept of entropy, and how it not only explains why your desk tends to get messier, but also how its unstoppable rise constitutes the engine of the universe.
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Black Holes and Time Warps
by Kip S Thorne
In this masterfully written and brilliantly informed work, Dr. Rhorne, the Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech, leads readers through an elegant, always human, tapestry of interlocking themes, answering the great question: what principles control our universe and why do physicists think they know what they know? Features an introduction by Stephen Hawking.
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Timeless Reality
by Victor J. Stenger
If you complained to Stenger (physics and astronomy, U. of Hawaii) that you had no time, he would shrug and say nothing does. He explains to educated lay readers that time is reversible and that the underlying reality of all phenomenon may have no beginning and no end. He argues that based on established principles of simplicity and symmetry, at its deepest level reality is literally timeless, and that many universes may exist with different structures and laws from this one. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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The Fabric of the Cosmos
by Brian Greene
From one of the world's leading physicists comes a grand tour of the universe that makes readers look at space, time, and the texture of reality in a completely different way. 146 illustrations.
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Endless Universe
by Paul J. Steinhardt
Argues that the so-called Big Bang was part of an infinite cycle of colossal collisions between our known universe and a parallel world, drawing on developments in astronomy, particle physics, and superstring theory to illuminate the Cyclic Universe theory.
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The Black Hole War
by Leonard Susskind
"The Black Hole War" is the thrilling story of Susskind's effort to reconcile Stephen Hawking's revolutionary theories of black holes with his own sense of reality--an effort that would eventually result in Hawking admitting he was wrong.
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Quantum Physics for Poets
by Leon M. Lederman
Rocky Kolb Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago --