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

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

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

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Today physicists and mathematicians throughout the world are feverishly working on one of the most ambitious theories ever proposed: superstring theory. String theory, as it is often called, is the key to the Unified Field Theory that eluded Einstein for more than thirty years. Finally, the century-old antagonism between large and small - General Relativity and Quantum Theory - is resolved. String theory proclaims that all of the wonderous happenings in the universe, from the frantic dancing of subatomic quarks to the majestic swirling of heavenly galaxies, are reflections of one grand physical principle and manifestations of one single entity: microscopically tiny vibrating loops of energy, a billionth the size of an atom. In this brilliantly articulated and refreshingly clear book, Brian Greene, one of the world's leading physicists, relates the scientific story and the human struggle behind twentieth-century physics' search for a theory of everything. Through the masterful use of metaphor and analogy, THE ELEGENT UNIVERSE makes some of the most sophisticated concepts ever contemplated viscerally accessible and thoroughly entertaining, bringing us closer than ever to understanding how the universe works.
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Winner of Aventis Prize for Science Books 2000 and Aventis Prizes for Science Books: General Prize 2000.

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Type Book
ISBN13 9780224052993
ISBN10 0224052993
Number Of Pages 464
Item Weight 1000 g
Publisher / Reseller Jonathan Cape Ltd
Format hardback
Edition 1st Edition
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Author's Bio

Brian Greene is a Professor of Physics and Mathematics at Columbia University and Cornell University.

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