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Author Gefter, Amanda.

Title Trespassing on Einstein's lawn : a father, a daughter, the meaning of nothing, and the beginning of everything / Amanda Gefter.

Publication Info. New York : Bantam Books, [2014]

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Summary "Opening with the author's attempt to sneak herself and her father into a conference attended by the planet's great scientific thinkers (including Brian Greene, Max Tegmark, and coiner of the term "black hole" John Wheeler), Trespassing on Einstein's Lawn takes readers on an exhilarating and memorable journey to the mysterious heart of the universe"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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Contents Crashing the Ultimate Reality Party -- The Perfect Alibi -- Smile! -- Delayed Choices -- Schrödinger's Rats -- Fictitious Forces -- Carving the World into Pieces -- Making History -- A Hint of How the Universe is Built -- That Alice-in-Wonderland Shit -- Hope Produces Space and time -- That Hypothetical, Secret Object -- Smashing the Glass -- Incompleteness -- Into the Margin.
Subject Gefter, Amanda -- Anecdotes.
Physics -- Philosophy.
Beginning.
Quantum theory.
SCIENCE -- Physics.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs.
PHILOSOPHY -- Movements -- Existentialism.
SCIENCE -- Energy.
SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General.
SCIENCE -- Physics -- General.
Gefter, Amanda. (OCoLC)fst01925434
Beginning. (OCoLC)fst00829879
Physics -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01063079
Quantum theory. (OCoLC)fst01085128
Physiker (DE-588)4045968-8
Genre/Form Anecdotes. (OCoLC)fst01423876
Other Form: Print version: Gefter, Amanda. Trespassing on Einstein's lawn 9780345531438 (DLC) 2013013874 (OCoLC)844789517
ISBN 9780345539632 (electronic bk.)
034553963X (electronic bk.)
Music No. EB00149659 Recorded Books
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