The Lightness of BeingThe Lightness of Being
Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces
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Current format, Book, 2008, , Available . Offered in 0 more formats"Almost without our noticing, our understanding of nature's deepest reality has changed radically over the past quarter-century. We are now tantalizingly close to a long-sought breakthrough: the Grand Unification of the fundamental forces of nature." "Acclaimed physicist and Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek has played a lead role in establishing these new paradigms. Transcending older ideas about matter and space, he explains a remarkable new discovery: Matter is built from almost weightless units, and pure energy is the ultimate source of mass. Wilczek calls this discovery "The Lightness of Being." But he also shows us much more. Space is no mere container, empty and passive. It is a dynamic Grid - a modern ether. The Grid is more fundamental than any "fundamental" particle; its spontaneous activity creates and destroys particles. This new understanding of mass and "empty space" explains the puzzling feebleness of gravity and brings a gorgeous unification of all the forces of nature into sharp focus. The Lightness of Being is the first book to explore the implications of these revolutionary ideas."--BOOK JACKET.
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- New York, NY : Basic Books, c2008.
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