Books by: JOHN D BARROW

Cosmic Imagery: Key Images in the History of Science

A remarkable book tracing the history and influence of nearly two hundred iconic images that changed human conceptions of the universe and our place in it.e live in a visual age, an age of images—iconic, instant, and influential—that have crystallized our conception of the large, the small, and the complex,... [more]
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New Theories of Everything

Published in 1991, John Barrow's Theories of Everything was hailed as "a mind-boggling intellectual adventure" by Publishers Weekly and as "an exhilarating journey...important, engaging, and highly literate" by New Scientist. Now, in New Theories of Everything, Barrow completely updates his classic account... [more]
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The Book of Nothing: Vacuums, Voids, and the Latest Ideas about the Origins of the Universe

What conceptual blind spot kept the ancient Greeks (unlike the Indians and Maya) from developing a concept of zero? Why did St. Augustine equate nothingness with the Devil? What tortuous means did 17th-century scientists employ in their attempts to create a vacuum? And why do contemporary quantum... [more]
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The Infinite Book: A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless

For a thousand years, infinity has proven to be a difficult and illuminating challenge for mathematicians and theologians. It certainly is the strangest idea that humans have ever thought. Where did it come from and what is it telling us about our Universe? Can there actually be infinities? Is matter... [more]
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The Anthropic Cosmological Principle (Oxford Paperbacks)

Ever since Copernicus, scientists have continually adjusted their view of human nature, moving it further and further from its ancient position at the center of Creation. But in recent years, a startling new concept has evolved that places it more firmly than ever in a special position. Known as the... [more]
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The Constants of Nature: From Alpha to Omega--the Numbers That Encode the Deepest Secrets of the Universe

A major contribution to our understanding of the basic laws of the universe -- from the author of The Book of Nothing.The constants of nature are the fundamental laws of physics that apply throughout the universe: gravity, velocity of light, electromagnetism and quantum mechanics. They encode the deepest... [more]
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The Origin Of The Universe: Science Masters Series

There is no more profound, enduring or fascinating question in all of science than that of how time, space, and matter began. Now John Barrow, who has been at the cutting edge of research in this area and has written extensively about it, guides us on a journey to the beginning of time, into a world... [more]
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The World Within the World (Oxford Paperbacks)

Until recently "popular science" has produced neither rigorously scientific works nor especially popular ones. Only in the last three or four years have scientists begun to realize the field's full potential with books aimed at the intelligent non-scientist presenting more challenging subjects previously... [more]

Science and Ultimate Reality: Quantum Theory, Cosmology, and Complexity

This preview of the future of physics comprises contributions from recognized authorities inspired by the pioneering work of John Wheeler. Quantum theory represents a unifying theme within the book, as it relates to the topics of the nature of physical reality, cosmic inflation, the arrow of time, models... [more]
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PI in the Sky: Counting, Thinking, and Being

John D. Barrow's Pi in the Sky is a profound -- and profoundly different -- exploration of the world of mathematics: where it comes from, what it is, and where it's going to take us if we follow it to the limit in our search for the ultimate meaning of the universe. Barrow begins by investigating whether... [more]
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