Martin Gentile

The Fundamental Forces: an Adventure Across Universes Martin Gentile

Publisher Marketing: Lewis Thomas was an ordinary 22nd century man living on Earth, but he did often wonder what was out there in the rest of the universe. That's why signed up right away when he learnt about Dr. Williams' crazy experiment to explore other universes. Following an accident, the two journey across strange universes together, exploring real physics, but without using complicated maths or any equations. Together they explore universes without gravity, without electromagnetism, without neutrinos and others even stranger. But without their co-ordinates, how will they ever return home? Read on, and find out... This book is suitable for both adults and for children. It is written especially for those who want to discover how the universe works without delving into complicated mathematics. Although the story in this book is fictional, the laws of physics underlying it is real: Our universe really is held together by four fundamental forces, and this this book explores each them in turn. By travelling to other universes outside our own, the reader can safely observe both the obvious and sometimes bizarre consequences that would result if ours laws of physics were tweaked. So read on, and discover for yourself the laws of our universe and how you rely on each of them, day by day.