false <![CDATA[Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces]]> 3209381 1 <DIV>Physicist&#8217; understanding of the essential nature of reality changed radically over the past quarter century. Frank Wilczek has played a lead role in establishing the new paradigms. Transcending the clash and mismatch of older ideas about what matter is, and what space is, Wilczek presents here some brilliant and clear syntheses. Space is a dynamic material, the engine of reality; matter is a subtle pattern of disturbance in that material. <P>Extraordinarily readable and authoritative, <I>The Lightness of Being</I> is the first book to unwrap these exciting new ideas for the general public. It explores their implications for basic questions about space, mass, energy, and the longed-for possibility of a fully unified theory of Nature. Along the way, Wilczek presents new perspectives on many strange aspects of our fantastic universe. Pointing toward new directions where the great discoveries in fundamental physics are likely to come, he envisions a new Golden Age in physics.</DIV> 3242956 25 8 2008 Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces total:37|5:13|4:14|3:9|2:1|1:0| 37 150 94 12 4 1 false false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 08:47:10 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 11:32:20 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 12:50:53 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 13:46:26 -0700 2008 The Lightness of Being, by Frank Wilczek. Basic Books, 2008. Note: I am also posting (probably several times) about this book and others like it on Gyre&Gimble.

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"I think it is safe to say that no one understands quantum mechanics. Do not keep saying to yourself, if you can possibly avoid it, 'but how can it be like that?' because you will go 'down the drain' i...
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