The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

Name: The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
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ISBN: 9780099289920

ISBN-10: 009928992X

ISBN-13: 9780099289920

Edition: N/A

Authors: Brian Greene

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List price: $18.60
Publisher: Vintage Books
Publication date: 10/25/2005
Pages: 464
Size: 4.40" wide x 6.69" long x 1.09" tall
Weight: 1.122



Preface



The Edge of Knowledge



Tied Up with String



The Dilemma of Space, Time, and the Quanta



Space, Time, and the Eye of the Beholder



Of Warps and Ripples



Microscopic Weirdness



The Need for a New Theory: General Relativity vs. Quantum Mechanics



The Cosmic Symphony



Nothing but Music: The Essentials of Superstring Theory



The "Super" in Superstrings



More Dimensions Than Meet the Eye



The Smoking Gun: Experimental Signatures



String Theory and the Fabric of Spacetime



Quantum Geometry



Tearing the Fabric of Space



Beyond Strings: In Search of M-Theory



Black Holes: A String/M-Theory Perspective



Reflections on Cosmology



Unification in the Twenty-First Century



Prospects


Notes


Glossary of Scientific Terms


References and Suggestions for Further Reading


Index