This Way to the Universe: A Theoretical Physicist’s Journey Into Reality by Michael Dine
This Way to the Universe: A Theoretical Physicist’s Journey Into Reality (2022) is Michael Dine’s worthy contribution to the popular physics/cosmology bookshelf, though readers may have to work a little harder at this one than similar books. That extra work is worth it, though, for this up-to-date and engaging exploration of modern science.
Dine moves between the very large and very small, covering particle theory, quantum theory, the Standard Model,
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