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Pedro G. Ferreira

    Pedro G. Ferreira es un experto líder en cosmología y el universo temprano, cuyo trabajo a menudo profundiza en la relatividad general. Como profesor de astrofísica en la Universidad de Oxford, contribuye a publicaciones científicas y es un comentarista habitual de la BBC, acercando su conocimiento del cosmos a una audiencia más amplia.

    Pedro G. Ferreira
    La teoria perfetta 21.
    The Perfect Theory
    • The Perfect Theory

      A Century of Geniuses and the Battle Over General Relativity

      • 288 páginas
      • 11 horas de lectura

      "At the core of Einstein's general theory of relativity are a set of equations that explain the relationship among gravity, space, and time--possibly the most perfect intellectual achievement of modern physics. For over a century, physicists have been exploring, debating, and at times neglecting Einstein's theory in their quest to uncover the history of the universe, the origin of time, and the evolution of solar systems, stars, and galaxies. In this sweeping narrative of science and culture, Pedro Ferreira explains the theory through the human drama surrounding it: the personal feuds and intellectual battles of the biggest names in twentieth-century physics, from Einstein and Eddington to Hawking and Penrose. We are in the midst of a momentous transformation in modern physics. As scientists look farther and more clearly into space than ever before, The Perfect Theory engagingly reveals the greater relevance of general relativity, showing us where it started, where it has led, and where it can still take us"--

      The Perfect Theory2014
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