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Poetic universe
Author: [Austria] Stefan Klein
Translator: Chen Yirong
Douban score: 8.3
Press: CITIC Publishing Group
Publication year: 20 19- 10
Page count: 240
Content introduction:
The real world is different from what we see:
20 times more than what we can see;
It hurts when a hammer hits your hand, but the atoms that make up the hammer are almost empty;
Two seemingly unrelated particles thousands of meters apart may actually be "sensing" each other. ...
When physics gradually reveals the mystery from small particles to big universe, people are surprised to find that our life is not the truth, and the poetic universe is taking us beyond the surface to find it.
Some people worry that science will make the poetic world dull-floating fog will be regarded as Brownian motion of molecules, and human beings will be decoded into several pages of genetic information. However, the poetic universe tells us that science can dig deeper into poetry.
Stefan Klein is a poet among physicists and a physicist among poets. His little book is like a love letter to the universe. In his works, the universe is as beautiful as a rose, and this beauty depends on science-he talked about photons and powerful nuclear forces from the sunshine needed for the growth of roses, from the water that moistens roses to comets and asteroids that hit the earth, from the land where roses take root to dark matter. Quantum entanglement, inflation theory, string theory and other abstract thinking have become gripping detective novels and subtle metaphors.
The 20th century can be called the golden age of physics. In this book, we can not only see the epoch-making discoveries in the 20th century, but also see the new progress in the last 20 years-following in the footsteps of the masters of past dynasties, physics in the 2 1 century is drawing a new map of the world and changing our views on the world and ourselves.
You don't need a deep knowledge reserve to step into this magical world. When you stare at roses or look up at the stars, you are ready.
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Editor's recommendation
1. The breathtaking poetic science! Look at the relationship between everything from a rose and the birth of the universe from a marble. Under the poetic brush strokes, photons are like showers and atoms are like empty concert halls ... It turns out that physics can be more touching than poetry.
2. Without a formula, liberal arts students can read it all at once! Read quantum, dark matter, gravitational waves and space-time in poetic language, and read quantum entanglement, inflation theory and string theory in gripping detective novels.
3. A strange physical world far beyond imagination: you believe that seeing is believing, but there are 20 times as many things as seeing; It hurts to hit your hand with a hammer, but the hammer is almost "empty" ... This book opens the door to a new world for you and sees a strange real world.
4.stefan? Klein is a popular science popularization coffee, a poet among physicists and a physicist among poets. His little book is like a love letter to the universe, and the enthusiasm inside will infect readers and love the universe. His fans are all over the world, and his works have been translated into more than 25 languages, occupying the bestseller list in many countries.
A thin book will take you directly to the forefront of physics in the 2 1 century, and see how the new discoveries in physics change our world view-even critical professional readers can gain something from it!
About the author:
[Austria] Stephen Klein
Physicists, essayists and popular science writers.
He was born in Munich, Germany, and came from a "scientific family" of three generations of scientists. He received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Munich, and his major fields include biophysics, theoretical physics and analytical philosophy.
Klein is the author of The Happy Science, The Legacy of Leonardo, We Are All Scattered Stars, etc. His works have been translated into more than 25 languages, occupying the bestseller list in many countries. He has also served as an editor and writer of many scientific journals and won the German Prize for Popular Science Writing. Feng? Holtzbrinck Prize. Now he is a freelance writer, and his articles are published in the mainstream media such as Nature and The New York Times.