{"product_id":"9780199548170","title":"New Theories of Everything","description":"\u003cbr\u003eWill we ever discover a single scientific theory that tells us everything that has happened, and everything that will happen, on every level in the Universe? The quest for the theory of everything - a single key that unlocks all the secrets of the Universe - is no longer a pipe-dream, but the focus of some of our most exciting research about the structure of the cosmos. But what might such a theory look like? What would it mean? And how close are we to getting there?\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eNew Theories of Everything\u003c\/em\u003e, John D. Barrow describes the ideas and controversies surrounding the ultimate explanation. Updating his earlier work \u003cem\u003eTheories of Everything\u003c\/em\u003e with the very latest theories and predictions, he tells of the M-theory of superstrings and multiverses, of speculations about the world as a computer program, and of new ideas of computation and complexity. But this is not solely a book about modern ideas in physics - Barrow also considers and reflects on the philosophical and cultural consequences of those ideas, and their implications for our own existence in the world. \u003cbr\u003eFar from there being a single theory uniquely specifying the constants and forces of nature, the picture today is of a vast landscape of different logically possible laws and constants in many dimensions, of which our own world is but a shadow: a tiny facet of a higher dimensional reality. But this is not to say we should give up in bewilderment: Barrow shows how many rich and illuminating theories and questions arise, and what this may mean for our understanding of our own place in the cosmos.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016556134640,"sku":"9780199548170","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780199548170_p0.jpg?v=1763670094","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780199548170","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}