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Amazon Sales Rank: 58837
Publication Date: 2008-06-03
Publisher: Touchstone
ISBN: 1416572872
Type: Hardcover
Number Of Pages: 368
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A Spellbinding Thriller about a Science History
Professor on the Run for his Life and an Unpublished Einstein
Theory that Could Change the World
Debut novelist Mark Alpert brings one of the most explosive books of 2008, seamlessly weaving current issues of science, history, and politics with white-knuckle chases. David Swift, a professor at Columbia University, is called to the hospital to comfort his mentor, a physicist who's been brutally tortured. Before dying, the old man wheezes "Einheitliche Feldtheorie." The Theory of Everything. The Destroyer of Worlds. Could this be Einstein's proposed Unified Theory--a set of equations that combines the physics of galaxies with the laws of atoms? Einstein never succeeded in discovering it. Or did he? Within hours of hearing his mentor's last words, David is running for his life. The FBI and a ruthless mercenary are vying to get their hands on the long-hidden theory. Teaming up with his old girlfriend, a brilliant Princeton scientist, David frantically works out Einstein's final theory to reveal the staggering scope of its consequences. With publishers around the world snapping up rights in twenty-two countries, the book has already become a global phenomenon, and the dynamic characters and gripping plot will keep readers compulsively turning the pages until the very end.
Average Rating: 
Review: 2008-11-20
Intelligent Thriller
This novel got a good review in the New York Times. The author is an editor at Scientific American. He puts real science into an exciting story, and I learned something about physics as I read it. After I finished the book, I gave it to my Dad and he loved it! The novel will appeal to anyone who has an interest in science. It's a smart, fun adventure story that you can read in a single sitting.
Review: 2008-11-20
Nice Try
The idea for Final Theory was good, but its execution lacking. The story is prosaic. Plot transitions are present which are unexplained and/or unbelievable. What science there is---though interesting---is minuscule. The plot doesn't deliver, and the overwrought "advanced praise" on the dust jacket serves only to deepen the disappointment. The hologram on the cover was a nice touch.
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