Get this item
Borrow or obtain a copy
Finding libraries that hold this item...
Details
| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
B Greene |
| ISBN: | 0375708111 9780375708114 |
| OCLC Number: | 42072163 |
| Notes: | Previously published: New York : W. W. Norton, c1999. |
| Description: | xiii, 448 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | Edge of knowledge: Tied up with string -- Dilemma of space, time, and the quanta: Space, time, and the eye of the beholder -- Of warps and ripples -- Microscopic weirdness -- Need for a new theory: general relativity vs. quantum mechanics -- Cosmic symphony: Nothing but music: the essentials of superstring theory -- "Super" in superstrings -- More dimensions than meet the eye -- 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. |
| Responsibility: | Brian Greene. |
| More information: |
Reviews
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Tags
Add tags for "The elegant universe : superstrings, hidden dimensions, and the quest for the ultimate theory".
Be the first.
