The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory - Hardcover

Greene, Brian

 
9780393046885: The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0393046885 ISBN 13: 9780393046885
Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

Physicists and mathematicians throughout the world are 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 30 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 of subatomic quarks to the swirling of galaxies, are reflections of one grand physical principle and manifestations of one single entity: microscopically tiny vibrating loops of energy, a billionth of a billionth the size of an atom. In this work, Brian Greene relates the scientific story and the human struggle behind 20th-century physics' search for a theory of everything. Through the use of metaphor and analogy, this work makes some of the most sophisticated concepts accessible, aiming to bring the reader closer to an understanding of how the universe works.

Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.

Reseña del editor

Physicists and mathematicians throughout the world are 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 30 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 of subatomic quarks to the swirling of galaxies, are reflections of one grand physical principle and manifestations of one single entity: microscopically tiny vibrating loops of energy, a billionth of a billionth the size of an atom. In this work, Brian Greene relates the scientific story and the human struggle behind 20th-century physics' search for a theory of everything. Through the use of metaphor and analogy, this work makes some of the most sophisticated concepts accessible, aiming to bring the reader closer to an understanding of how the universe works.

„Über diesen Titel“ kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.

Verlag
WW Norton & Co
Erscheinungsdatum
1999
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0393046885
ISBN 13 
9780393046885
Einband
Tapa dura
Anzahl der Seiten
288
Kontakt zum Hersteller
Nicht verfügbar
Verantwortliche Person
GS1 Slovakia
https://www.gs1sk.org

Nantersk� 23
Žilina
010 08
Slowakei

Weitere beliebte Ausgaben desselben Titels

9780393338102: The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

Vorgestellte Ausgabe

ISBN 10:  039333810X ISBN 13:  9780393338102
Verlag: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2010
Softcover