{"product_id":"perfect-symmetry-the-search-for-the-beginning-of-time-9781439148884","title":"Perfect Symmetry: The Search for the Beginning of Time","description":"Popular science at its best, this acclaimed classic work describes in stunning detail how cutting-edge discoveries in quantum physics and cosmology are helping to explain the origin and evolution of the universe, of space and time. \u003ci\u003ePerfect Symmetry\u003c\/i\u003e is an optimistic report about the ongoing synthesis of these two disciplines into a concerted effort to uncover the fundamental laws that not only describe how the stuff that makes up the universe -- matter and energy -- came into existence but also govern the behavior of the smallest and largest things, from subatomic particles to stars, galaxies, and the universe itself. Written by that rarest of scientists -- one who is esteemed by his peers yet capable of making the most complex ideas comprehensible to laymen -- \u003ci\u003ePerfect Symmetry\u003c\/i\u003e is an enthralling intellectual adventure, science that reads like art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Heinz R. Pagels\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.70w x 0.98d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439148884\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHeinz Pagels was the executive director of the New York Academy of Sciences and adjunct professor at Rockefeller University. The author of several other acclaimed books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Cosmic Code: Quantum Physics as the Language of Nature \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Dreams of Reason: The Computer and the Rise of the Sciences of Complexity, \u003c\/i\u003ehe died in 1988.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44707441475699,"sku":"9781439148884","price":30.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_5d4b252d-b656-4709-b996-a94e2ee90fc3.jpg?v=1775840044","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/perfect-symmetry-the-search-for-the-beginning-of-time-9781439148884","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}