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| Final Theory: A Novel | 
 enlarge | Author: Mark Alpert
Publisher: Touchstone
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (93 reviews)
Sales Rank: 21141
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Touchstone Hardcover Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 368
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.2 x 1.3
ISBN: 1416572872
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781416572879
ASIN: 1416572872
Publication Date: June 3, 2008
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Product Description
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Professor on the Run for his Life and an Unpublished Einstein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.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 88 more reviews...
 Loved This Book September 16, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
What a smart, funny, exciting thriller! Final Theory is the story of Albert Einstein's lost Theory of Everything and the battle to save it from falling into the wrong hands. The author is a science journalist who clearly knows his physics. He sets up an intriguing plot and introduces characters you won't forget. There's a sadistic Russian mercenary who wants revenge, an FBI agent who looks like a Bingo-playing grandmother, and a dying physicist who knows the secret to the creation of the universe. The book starts with a bang and never slows down.
 So Much Potential... September 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Was the very first draft printed in error? A great plot IDEA, although its execution and the plot dialogue were laughably juvenile. And the six advance reviews on the jacket are absolutely hilarious.
Great Reviews September 10, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I read the review of "Final Theory" in the New York Times and I knew I had to read this novel. It's a fast-paced, action-packed thriller, but it also gives you an easy-to-understand introduction to modern physics. The author is an editor at Scientific American magazine and in his author's note he reveals that many of the wild scientific ideas mentioned in the book are actually true. Plus, the writing is great, the plot is exciting, and the characters are truly memorable.
 Book had potential but the political slant detracted from the science aspect. September 7, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book was a good read until the political messages were introduced. They added nothing to the context. The author missed the boat on what could have been a fun read.
Will Be A Great Movie September 7, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Final Theory is like a movie that lasts for hours and hours. It's so intensely visual. As you read the book you can practically see the action playing out in front of you: helicopters flying over the hills of West Virginia, a Ferrari speeding down a country highway, FBI agents firing their guns in a darkened office complex. And the characters are so smart. I can see Keanu Reeves as David Swift. Maybe Kathy Bates as Lucille Parker, the FBI agent who starts as a villain and becomes one of the heroes.
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