Core theory, on the other hand, provides a "theory of everything," reconciling gravity with electromagnetism and the strong and weak nuclear forces. Now some physicists theorize that space is highly structured by the grid, which is the "primary ingredient of physical reality" and the substance from which all physical matter is formed. The two main concepts are the "Grid" and the "Core." Wilczek says the grid is a conceptual descendant of ether, that mysterious substance scientists once believed filled empty space. Nobel Prize winning physicist Wilczek, who has himself made notable contributions in this field, offers a survey of everything in the universe from quarks to black holes, elucidating the current scientific thinking on how matter and energy interact. Grand unification theories have long been a holy grail in science.
The Lightness of Being is the first book to explore the implications of these revolutionary ideas about mass, energy, and the nature of "empty space." In it, Wilczek masterfully presents new perspectives on our incredible universe and envisions a new golden age of fundamental physics.
This new understanding of mass explains the puzzling feebleness of gravity, and a gorgeous unification of all the forces comes sharply into focus. It is a dynamic Grid-a modern ether- and its spontaneous activity creates and destroys particles. He calls it "The Lightness of Being." Space is no mere container, empty and passive. Transcending the clash of older ideas about matter and space, acclaimed physicist Frank Wilczek explains a remarkable new discovery: matter is built from almost weightless units, and pure energy is the ultimate source of mass. Our understanding of nature's deepest reality has changed radically, but almost without our noticing, over the past twenty-five years. To sample more of his work, and understand your world better, "About the Author" links to his new author website, Nobel-prize winning physicist takes on the essential question: what are we made of? If you're interested in writing to or about Frank Wilczek, proceed to Resources / Contact. For reviews and book-related events try " More for the Reader". More about this website: for a closer look inside The Lightness of Being, check out " Inside the Book". In modern physics, all the stuff out there is unified into a "Being" more like the traditional idea of light than the traditional idea of matter.Īuthor Frank Wilczek has been playing with unified visions of nature since, as a 21 year-old physics grad student, he did work that won him the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics. Early reviews call The Lightness of Being, "a lively, playful, and inventive tour de force" as well as "a colorful and masterful treatment of recent developments in fundamental physics."Ī central theme of this book is that the ancient contrast between celestial Light and earthy Matter has been transcended.
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