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Conjuring the Universe

The Origins of the Laws of Nature

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Conjuring the Universe

By: Peter Atkins
Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
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The marvelous complexity of the universe emerges from several deep laws and a handful of fundamental constants that fix its shape, scale, and destiny. There is a deep structure to the world which at the same time is simple, elegant, and beautiful. Where did these laws and these constants come from? And why are the laws so fruitful when written in the language of mathematics?

Peter Atkins considers the minimum effort needed to equip the universe with its laws and its constants. He explores the origin of the conservation of energy, of electromagnetism, of classical and quantum mechanics, and of thermodynamics, showing how all these laws spring from deep symmetries. The revolutionary result is a short but immensely rich weaving together of the fundamental ideas of physics.

With his characteristic wit, erudition, and economy, Atkins sketches out how the laws of nature can spring from very little. Or arguably from nothing at all.

©2018 Peter Atkins (P)2018 Tantor Astronomy Astronomy & Space Science Cosmology Physics Science Law

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this book surprised me, its very thought provoking and it quite funny( Edagger) I really liked the mix. would highly recommend

thought provoking.

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I like the author, Peter Atkins. I think he is a very smart and intelligent man. This is the second time I am listening to the book.

The book is excellent and approaches the subject of cosmology and physical laws from a completely different angle. There is a lot to be learnt here, ranging from subjects such as the conservation of energy, light, time, thermodynamics etc.

The narration is not too bad, although some may find it rather slow. I have found it useful to speed up the narration to 1.5x speed.

Interesting and worth reading

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