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Columbia University professor David Swift is called to the hospital to comfort his mentor, a physicist who's been brutally attacked. With his last words, the dying man gives his former pupil a seemingly random string of numbers that could hold the key to Einstein's last and greatest secret. "Einheitliche Feldtheorie," The Theory of Everything. Einstein's proposed Unified Theory -- a set of equations that could explain all the forces of nature -- would have revolutionized our understanding of the universe. But Einstein never discovered it. "Or did he"? Within hours, David is arrested by the FBI and taken to a secret interrogation center. But the FBI isn't the only faction pursuing Einstein's long-hidden theory. A Russian mercenary wants to force David to talk -- and he will do whatever it takes. On the run for his life, David teams up with an old girlfriend, a brilliant Princeton scientist, and frantically tries to piece together Einstein's final theory to reveal its staggering consequences."We used E=mc2 to build the atom bomb....What could we do with the key to creation?" Seamlessly weaving real science, history, and politics with an intriguing love story, "Final Theory" expertly combines fact and fiction with nonstop heart-pounding action in a plot that will have you riveted until its explosive end.

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PublisherSimon & Schuster

ISBN-100743572858

ISBN-139780743572859

eBay Product ID (ePID)63857158

Product Key Features

Publication Year2008

TopicThrillers / General

Book TitleFinal Theory

LanguageEnglish

GenreFiction

AuthorMark Alpert

FormatCompact Disc

Dimensions

Item Height1.2in.

Item Length5.6in.

Item Weight10.3 Oz

Item Width6.3in.

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"Final Theoryis a stupendous read! Real characters, real science, a deliciously explosive premise, and a breakneck plot combine to make this one of the finest science-based thrillers to appear in a long time.Final Theoryrules. If I were Michael Crichton, I'd be packing my bags and heading for a quiet retirement in Tahiti..." -- Douglas Preston,New York Timesbestselling author ofBlasphemy, ""Final Theory" is a stupendous read! Real characters, real science, a deliciously explosive premise, and a breakneck plot combine to make this one of the finest science-based thrillers to appear in a long time. "Final Theory" rules. If I were Michael Crichton, I'd be packing my bags and heading for a quiet retirement in Tahiti..." -- Douglas Preston, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Blasphemy", "Wow! Einstein would have loved this book. It's a great thriller, it has a sure feel for politics, and the science is both fun and solid. He always dreamed that he would discover a unified theory that explained all of nature's forces. Now this book makes the quest come alive." -- Walter Isaacson, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Einstein", "Wow! Einstein would have loved this book. It's a great thriller, it has a sure feel for politics, and the science is both fun and solid. He always dreamed that he would discover a unified theory that explained all of nature's forces. Now this book makes the quest come alive." -- Walter Isaacson,New York Timesbestselling author ofEinstein

Number of Volumes11 Vols.

Dewey Decimal813/.6

Edition DescriptionUnabridged Edition