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    The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Maths Reveals Nature's Deepest Secrets
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    The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Maths Reveals Nature's Deepest Secrets
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    The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Maths Reveals Nature's Deepest Secrets

    Written by Graham Farmelo

    Narrated by Hugh Kermode

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    About this audiobook

    One of the great mysteries of science is that its fundamental laws are written in the language of mathematics. Graham Farmelo's thrilling new book shows how modern maths has helped physicists to rethink gravity, space, and time.

    The Universe Speaks in Numbers takes us on an adventure from the Enlightenment to the present with a vibrant cast of characters, illuminating the most exciting and controversial developments in contemporary thought. Always lively and authoritative, Farmelo navigates the reader through the huge imaginative leaps that are edging us towards a radically new conception of the nature of our universe.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFaber & Faber
    Release dateMay 2, 2019
    ISBN9780571355334
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