Publisher's Synopsis
Dudley's Universe takes us on a quest of perception of the Universe from the imperceptibly small to the overwhelmingly large and from the Big bang to the present. We take a look at the origin of the galaxies and in more detail our own Solar System and the geological history of the Earth and the life that it supports. We take a look at the modern engineering marvels which extend the range of our vision to the entire electromagneic spetrum from radio waves to gamma rays. Our quest of perception then takes us to the imperceptible - the work of the theoretical physicists and mathematicians and their wonderful advances made in the last two centuries. We will also take a look at the scientists profound interest in music - a subject which persistently remains beyond the purview of science and mathematics. Our quest culminates in the ultimate perception - pure consciousness and the point where physics, mathematics and consciousness converge on the ultimate particle of physical matter - an eleven dimensional mathematical manifold.
