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| 100 | 1 | _aRobert B. Laughlin | |
| 245 | 1 | _aA Different Universe | |
| 260 | _bBasic Books | ||
| 300 | _a272 pages | ||
| 520 | _aIn this age of superstring theories and Big Bang cosmology, we're used to thinking of the unknown as impossibly distant from our everyday lives. But in A Different Universe, Nobel Laureate Robert Laughlin argues that the scientific frontier is right under our fingers. Instead of looking for ultimate theories, Laughlin considers the world of emergent properties-meaning the properties, such as the hardness and shape of a crystal, that result from the organization of large numbers of atoms. Laughlin shows us how the most fundamental laws of physics are in fact emergent. A Different Universe is a truly mind-bending book that shows us why everything we think about fundamental physical laws needs to change. | ||
| 650 | _aPhysical Sciences | ||
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