Física, 1

Following the overthrow of the classical world picture by the findings of quantum mechanics, physicists have proposed a broad gamut of alternative worldviews. The Quantum Enigma begins with the major recognition that each of these suffers from a certain residual Cartesianism that has been smuggled in unconsciously. It turns out that the moment this hidden and problematic premise is discarded, quantum theory begins to make sense in a way that it never has before. As the author shows, it is now possible, for the first time, to integrate the findings of quantum physics into a worldview that...

Biographies and bibliographies of members are included in many of the volumes. Lists of members are usually given on covers of the numbers.

"The Higgs boson ... is the key to understanding why mass exists and how atoms are possible. After billions of dollars and decades of effort by more than six thousand researchers at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland--a doorway is opening into the mind-boggling world of dark matter and beyond. Caltech physicist and acclaimed writer Sean Carroll explains both the importance of the Higgs boson and the ultimately human story behind the greatest scientific achievement of our time"--Publisher.

Este libro nos habla de la Astrobiología, una ciencia que intenta comprender si la vida que conocemos es un accidente extraordinariamente afortunado o, por el contrario, es una especie de imperativo cósmico. Para ello nos propone un viaje que comienza con el propio Big-Bang, el origen de nuestro universo, del espacio-tiempo y de la materia pasa por la creación de las primeras estrellas y galaxias, y la formación de sistemas planetarios recrea los inicios de nuestro Sistema Solar y, nos permite asistir al nacimiento y evolución de la vida en la Tierra.