Elegant Universe

Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

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Brian Greene: Elegant Universe (2010, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.)

464 pages

English language

Published Sept. 21, 2010 by Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W..

ISBN:
978-0-393-07134-4
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I thought I had as good a grasp of our current understanding of the universe as could be reasonably expected from a layperson, but Greene lays out not only the foundations of superstring theory, general relativity and quantum mechanics, but cosmology and physics itself in such a clear, lucid manner that certain concepts which had previously eluded me (like curled up extra dimensions) are now within grasp (as well as several that had never even occurred to me).

Subjects

  • Superstring theories
  • Cosmology