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 the large and the small-General Relativity and Quantum Theory-is resolved. String theory proclaims that all of the wondrous happenings in the universe, from the frantic dancing of subatomic quarks to the majestic swirling of heavenly galaxies, are reflections of one grand...
Today physicists and mathematicians throughout the world are feverishly working on one of the most ambitious theories ever proposed: superstring theor...
Edited by Richard Preston, Jr., the bestselling author of The Hot Zone and The Cobra Event, this new collection is a terrific sampling of science writing at its best (Booklist).
Edited by Richard Preston, Jr., the bestselling author of The Hot Zone and The Cobra Event, this new collection is a terrific sampling of science writ...
'A magnificent challenge to conventional ideas' Financial Times 'I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It manages to be both challenging and entertaining: it is highly recommended' the Independent '(Greene) send(s) the reader's imagination hurtling through the u
'A magnificent challenge to conventional ideas' Financial Times 'I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It manages to be both challenging and entertaining: i...
Superstring theory is the key to the Unified Field Theory that eluded Einstein for more than 30 years. Through the masterful use of metaphor and analogy, The Elegant Universe makes some of the most sophisticated concepts accessible and entertaining.
Superstring theory is the key to the Unified Field Theory that eluded Einstein for more than 30 years. Through the masterful use of metaphor and analo...
Brian Greene, one of the world's leading string theorists, peels away layers of mystery to reveal a universe that consists of eleven dimensions, where the fabric of space tears and repairs itself, and all matter from the smallest quarks to the most gargantuan supernovas is generated by the vibrations of microscopically tiny loops of energy. The Elegant Universe makes some of the most sophisticated concepts ever contemplated accessible and thoroughly entertaining, bringing us closer than ever to understanding how the universe works."
Brian Greene, one of the world's leading string theorists, peels away layers of mystery to reveal a universe that consists of eleven dimensions, where...
"You've heard the story a dozen times: a hundred times. From the lips of hundreds of liars. This guy is driving down a lonely road, all by himself, bored, indifferent, not really going any place in particular. Nothing to do. Then, suddenly, there at the side of the road is this beautiful, young, helpless girl. No one else in sight, nothing but the girl and the lonesome road and she standing there waiting for a ride..."
The indifferent guy is Sam Russell, who soon finds he gets more than he bargains for when he stops for the girl by the side of the...
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"You've heard the story a dozen times: a hundred times. From the lips of hundreds of liars. This guy is driving down a l...
In 1921, five years after the appearance of his comprehensive paper on general relativity and twelve years before he left Europe permanently to join the Institute for Advanced Study, Albert Einstein visited Princeton University, where he delivered the Stafford Little Lectures for that year. These four lectures constituted an overview of his then-controversial theory of relativity. Princeton University Press made the lectures available under the title The Meaning of Relativity, the first book by Einstein to be produced by an American publisher. As subsequent editions were brought out...
In 1921, five years after the appearance of his comprehensive paper on general relativity and twelve years before he left Europe permanently to joi...
