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Frank Wilczek

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1) Fantastic realities: 49 mind journeys and a trip to Stockholm

Author

Wilczek, Frank

Publisher

World Scientific

Language

English

Formats

Book - Regular Print, eBook

2) Fundamentals: ten keys to reality

Author

Wilczek, Frank

Publisher

Penguin Press

Pub. Date

2021.

Language

English

Description

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Nobel laureate Wilczek presents ten insights that illuminate what the world is and how it works. Fundamentals is built around a simple but profound idea: the models of the world we construct as children are practical and adequate for everyday life, but they do not bring in the surprising and mind-expanding revelations of modern science. To do that, we must look at the world anew, combining clear thinking with an openness to wonder. This "born again"...

3) A beautiful question: finding nature's deep design

Author

Wilczek, Frank

Publisher

Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC

Pub. Date

2015.

Language

English

Description

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Does the universe embody beautiful ideas? Artists as well as scientists throughout human history have pondered this "beautiful question." With Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek as your guide, embark on a voyage of related discoveries, from Plato and Pythagoras up to the present. Wilczek's groundbreaking work in quantum physics was inspired by his intuition to look for a deeper order of beauty in nature. In fact, every major advance in his career came from...