Superforce: The Search for a Grand Unified Theory of Nature

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Simon and Schuster, 1984 - Science - 255 pages

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Contents

The unfolding universe
5
The new physics and the collapse of
22
Reality and the quantum
41
Copyright

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Superforce
Paul Davies
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About the author (1984)

Paul Davies is an internationally acclaimed physicist, writer and broadcaster. He received degrees in physics from University College, London. He was Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Australian Centre for Astrobiology at Macquarie University, Sydney and has held previous academic appointments at the Universities of Cambridge, London, Newcastle upon Tyne and Adelaide. Most of his research has been in the area of quantum field theory in curved spacetime. Davies has also has written many books for the general reader in the fascinating fields of cosmology and physics. He is the author of over twenty-five books, including The Mind of God, Other Worlds, God and the New Physics, The Edge of Infinity, The Cosmic Blueprint, Are We Alone?, The Fifth Miracle, The Last Three Minutes, About Time, and How to Build a Time Machine. His awards include an Advance Australia Award for outstanding contributions to science, two Eureka Prizes, the 2001 Kelvin Medal and Prize by the Institute of Physics, and the 2002 Faraday Prize by The Royal Society for Progress in religion. He also received the Templeton Prize for his contributions to the deeper implications of science. In April 1999 the asteroid 1992 OG was officially named (6870) Pauldavies in his honour.

Bibliographic information

TitleSuperforce: The Search for a Grand Unified Theory of Nature
A Touchstone book
AuthorP. C. W. Davies
PublisherSimon and Schuster, 1984
ISBN0671476858, 9780671476854
Length255 pages
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