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Brian Greene - Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

Brian Greene - Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

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Description: Einstein was simply ahead of his time. More than a half a century later, his dream of a unified theory has become the Holy Grail of modern physics. And a sizeable part of the physics and mathematics community is becoming increasingly convinced that string theory may provide the answer. From one principle--that everything at its most microscopic level consists of combinations of vibrating strands--string theory provides a singl ...more

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There is a problem in the world that has plagued physicists for decades, and it is this: the world s

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You emerge on the other side of this book intellectually on par with the most cutting edge physicist

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Physicists are a crazy bunch. They just dont live in the same world as the rest of us. In their wei

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Douglas Mallach recommended this to me. An excellent show about the current crisis of faith in physi

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The Elegant Universe opens the gates to a world recognizably ours, but infinitly more complex
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Brian Greene - Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

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Key Information
Awards 2000 Pulitzer Prize
Authors Brian Greene
Nonfiction Category Science
Professional Reviews
Professional Reviews New York Times Book Review: "Greene lays out the theory so clearly and persuasively that you almost come to believe it, and to hope that someday a way will be found to establish whether it is anything more than wishful mathematics....Like all popular science writers, Greene is burdened with the task of having to start from scratch, explaining ideas about relativity and quantum mechanics that were current in the 30's....But with Greene this familiar ground is well worth retreading. Rather than recycling the tired old set pieces science writers too often fall back on, he develops one fresh insight after another....In the great tradition of physicists writing for the masses, THE ELEGANT UNIVERSE sets a standard that will be hard to beat."
Book Editions
Book Editions PaperbackReissue448February 01, 2000Vintage Books8.25"(h) x 5.25"(w) x 1"(d), 0.95 lbs.9780375708114
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Publisher's Note Calling it a cover-up would be far too dramatic. But for more than half a century--even in the midst of some of the greatest scientific achievements in history--physicists have been quietly aware of a dark cloud looming on a distant horizon.
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