New Releases by Brian Greene

A futuristic reimaging of the classic Greek myth, as a boy ventures through deep space and challenges the awesome power of black holes. The beauty of the book lies in the images, provided by NASA and the Hubble Space telescope, and printed on board rather than paper.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From one of the world’s leading physicists and author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Elegant Universe, comes “an astonishing ride” through the universe (The New York Times) that makes us look at reality in a completely different way. Space and time form the very fabric of the cosmos. Yet they remain among the most mysterious of concepts. Is space an entity? Why does time have a direction? Could the universe exist without space and time? Can we travel to the past? Greene has set himself a daunting task: to explain non-intuitive, mathematical concepts like String Theory, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, and Inflationary Cosmology with analogies drawn from common experience. From Newton’s unchanging realm in which space and time are absolute, to Einstein’s fluid conception of spacetime, to quantum mechanics’ entangled arena where vastly distant objects can instantaneously coordinate their behavior, Greene takes us all, regardless of our scientific backgrounds, on an irresistible and revelatory journey to the new layers of reality that modern physics has discovered lying just beneath the surface of our everyday world.

從搭配詞練出道地英文＋幽默圖像輕鬆記憶 ＝英文從此變成職場優勢！ 背了單字還是常詞窮？ 是不知如何將單字搭配得有意義！ transfer + a call = 轉接電話、return + a call = 回電話 那「緊急電話」又該怎麼搭配呢？ 趕快從搭配詞著手學英文， 英文會愈說愈溜！ ★本書以上班族的一天為架構，你需要的英文通通在這裏！ Part 1 上班 Part 2 寫 Email 聯絡事宜 Part 3 打電話聯絡事宜 Part 4 與客戶用餐 Part 5 影印間準備資料 Part 6 開會 Part 7 簡報 Part 8 下班 為什麼要學搭配詞？ 搭配詞（Collocation）是什麼？為什麼要學搭配詞呢？在回答這兩個問題之前，先暖暖身做個小測驗。相信藉由這個測驗，你會對以上的問題有個概括的答案。 Q：Deadline 為「期限」之意，以下為其相關用法，請寫出其正確的英文。 設定期限：＿＿＿＿＿ 趕上期限：＿＿＿＿＿ 延長期限：＿＿＿＿＿ 錯過期限：＿＿＿＿＿ 將期限提前：＿＿＿＿＿ 如果你能全部答對，恭喜，你的英文底子打得不錯，學習英文的方法也正確；如果你作答時有所遲疑，也無法全部答對，那麼，你就得檢視一下你學英文的方法。測驗答案如下： Ans：設定期限：set a deadline 趕上期限：meet a deadline 延長期限：extend a deadline 錯過期限：miss a deadline 將期限提前：move up a deadline Set a deadline、meet a deadline、extend a deadline、miss a deadline 和 move up a deadline 等都是 deadline 這個字的相關「搭配詞」。至此，你是不是對「搭配詞」比較有概念了呢？其實「搭配詞」就是單字的有意義組合。英文學習者應該都有這樣的經驗，僅管背了一堆單字，但在實際運用時話還是常卡在嘴邊說不出口（相信你在做測驗時也察覺到了）。這是因為學英文時太著眼於單字而忽略了其相關的搭配詞，換言之，搭配詞才是你是否能靈活運用單字的關鍵。 除了上述優點，搭配詞還有易學易用的好處。從測驗的範例中可以看到，和 deadline 搭配的 set、meet、extend、miss 和 move up 等字彙的難度都不高，應該都是已存於你大腦記憶庫中的常用單字。也就是說，要學會這些搭配詞並不是難事，熟便能生巧！運用簡單的字彙倍增表達能力，正是搭配詞的妙用所在。只要你願意學習本書，一定會發現搭配詞用字不難、好學好記的這項特點。 在學會搭配詞之後，接下來只需搭配簡單到不行的句型，即可造出道地的英文句子，輕鬆滿足你口語表達的需求。這樣的學習方式和「單字進階至造句」的傳統模式相比，犯錯機率大幅降低。以 deadline 的搭配詞造句如下： Ex：My boss set a deadline for the project. 我的主管為專案設定了一個期限。 We need to meet the deadline. 我們必須趕上這個期限。 We hope the boss can extend the deadline. 我們希望主管可以延長期限。 My boss moved up the deadline. 我的主管把期限提前了。 We’re afraid we might miss the deadline. 我們恐怕會錯過這個期限。 是不是很簡單呢？現在，你應該覺得「搭配詞」這個概念真的很不錯。是否躍躍欲試呢？那就從本書開始，趕快來體驗這個簡單而效果令人驚豔的學習旅程吧！

The main objective of this research was to develop an optimized process for converting chicken fat into biodiesel.

Espaço e tempo formam o verdadeiro tecido do cosmos. No entanto, estes conceitos são ainda um grande mistério. O espaço é uma entidade? Porque é que o tempo tem um sentido? Poderia o universo existir sem espaço nem tempo? Poderemos viajar até ao passado? Greene usa estas e outras questões para nos pôr a par das mais recentes teorias da ciência moderna relativamente ao universo. Revela que o mundo é muito diferente daquilo que a experiência comum nos poderia levar a crer - objectos muitíssimo distantes entre si podem superar o seu afastamento espacial para coordenarem instantaneamente o respectivo comportamento ou mesmo sofrerem teletransporte. Centrando-se no enigma do tempo, o autor afirma que nada nas leis da física obriga a que este avance numa direcção específica, e declara que a ''seta do tempo'' é uma relíquia do estado do universo no momento do big bang. E, explicando o big bang, demonstra como alguns resultados muito recentes relativos a supercordas e teoria-M podem conciliar o comportamento de tudo, desde a mais pequena partícula ao maior buraco negro. Esta incrível visão culmina num ''multiverso'' vibrante, a onze dimensões, pulsante de texturas em perpétua mutação, onde os próprios espaço e tempo podem dissolver-se em entidades mais subtis e fundamentais.

Dans L''Univers élégant, son précédent ouvrage devenu best-seller, Brian Greene nous embarquait à la découverte de la " théorie des cordes ", qui permet de réconcilier deux des plus belles théories physiques jamais inventées, la relativité générale et la mécanique quantique, joyaux du XXe siècle. Nous comprenions comment il devenait enfin possible de réunir le domaine de l''infiniment grand à celui de l''infiniment petit. Aujourd''hui, l''aventure se poursuit et le physicien américain nous fait découvrir les grandes questions qui, au XXIe siècle, continuent d''assaillir les théoriciens, plus que jamais à la recherche d''une " théorie du tout ". Cette fois, c''est à la réalité même de notre monde qu''il s''attaque et, avec elle, aux concepts les plus fondamentaux tels l''espace, le temps ou le vide. Ces notions n''ont cessé, par le passé, d''exciter l''imagination et la créativité des plus grands esprits scientifiques - Newton, Maxwell, Mach, Schrödinger, Dirac... et, bien sûr, Einstein. Sans tabou et avec sa verve communicative, Brian Greene rend hommage à ces penseurs de l''étrange cosmos dans lequel nous vivons. Nous plongeons à sa suite dans cette nouvelle réalité du monde. Et nous comprenons pourquoi " les choses sont ce qu''elles sont " !

Introduces the superstring theory that attempts to unite general relativity and quantum mechanics

Mirror Symmetry has undergone dramatic progress since the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) workshop in 1991, whose proceedings constitute voluem I of this continuing collection. Tremendous insight has been gained on a number of key issues. This volume surveys these results. Some of the contributions in this work have appeared elsewhere, while others were written specifically for this collection. The areas covered are organized into 4 sections, and each presents papers by both physicists and mathematicians. This volume collects the most important developments that have taken place in mathematical physics since 1991. It is an essential reference tool for both mathematics and physics libraries and for students of physics and mathematics. Titles in this series are co-published, between the American Mathematical Society and International Press, Cambridge, MA, USA.

"The past year has witnessed truly remarkable developments in our understanding of string theory. Fields, Strings and Duality - TASI 96 is an invaluable collection of review papers on the subject, contributed by the most prominent researchers in the field. This volume is a scientific treasure for graduate students, researchers and all others who are interested in the progress of theoretical physics."--Publisher''s website