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The elegant universe : superstrings, hidden dimensions, and the quest for the ultimate theory

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York Vintage Books 2000.Description: 448Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 539.7258 B76 E 22932
Contents:
The edge of knowledge. Tied up with string -- The dilemma of space, time, and the quanta. Space, time, and the eye of the beholder ; Of warps and ripples ; Microscopic weirdness ; The need for a new theory : general relativity vs. quantum mechanics -- The cosmic symphony. Nothing but music : the essentials of superstring theory ; The "super" in superstrings ; More dimensions than meet the eye ; The 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.
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Introduces the superstring theory that attempts to unite general relativity and quantum mechanics.

The edge of knowledge. Tied up with string --
The dilemma of space, time, and the quanta. Space, time, and the eye of the beholder ; Of warps and ripples ; Microscopic weirdness ; The need for a new theory : general relativity vs. quantum mechanics --
The cosmic symphony. Nothing but music : the essentials of superstring theory ; The "super" in superstrings ; More dimensions than meet the eye ; The 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.

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