Motion Mountain - vol. 6 - The Adventure of Physics: The Strand Model - A Speculation on Unification: Volume 6 - Softcover

Schiller, Christoph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1494420015 ISBN 13: 9781494420017

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

What determines colours? What is motion? All colours in nature derive from the fine structure constant 1/137.035 999 1(1), the most famous unexplained number in nature. What determines this number? All motion in nature is described either by quantum theory or by Einstein's general relativity, two theories that contradict each other. How can they be unified in a final theory? If you enjoy exploring ideas and checking them against the real world, you might like this volume. It first explains why the past proposals for a final, unified theory of physics - the so-called 'theory of everything' - have failed. Then, the text presents a better proposal: a final theory called the strand model. This model agrees with all experimental data known so far and makes clear, falsifiable predictions. They are being tested in experiments around the world. The strand model - predicts the standard model of particle physics - and allows no alternative or extension, - is based on one simple fundamental principle - and thus is 'beautiful', - predicts general relativity - and allows no alternative or extension, - predicts quantum theory - and allows no alternative or extension, - and solves the open issues of the standard model, gravitation and cosmology, including the explanation of all fundamental constants. All these results follow naturally from one simple principle. Prepare yourself for a roller coaster ride trough modern physics, and for the excitement of solving one of the oldest physics puzzles known. This is an adventure that leads beyond space and time - right to the limits of human thought. For example, the adventure shows that the term 'theory of everything' is wrong, whereas 'final theory' is correct. The text presents an approach to the final, unified theory of physics with a simple basis but intriguing implications. The model is based on featureless strands that form space, particles and horizons; the model sums up textbook physics in a single fundamental principle: events an

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About the Author:

Christoph Schiller, PhD Université Libre de Bruxelles, is a physicist with more than 25 years of experience in the presentation of physics, the science of motion. His six volumes on physics, written for readers between 16 and 106 years of age, are captivating and thought-provoking on every page.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1494420015
• ISBN 13: 9781494420017
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 476