ELEGANT UNIVERSE CL

ELEGANT UNIVERSE CL by Brian Greene

A fascinating and thought-provoking journey through the mysteries of space, time, and matter. 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 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 brilliantly articulated and refreshingly clear book, Brian Greene, one of the world's leading physicists, relates the scientific story and the human struggle behind twentieth-century physics' search for a theory of everything. Through the masterful use of metaphor and analogy, The Elegant Universe makes some of the most sophisticated concepts ever contemplated viscerally accessible and thoroughly entertaining, bringing us closer than ever to understanding how the universe works.

BRIAN GREENE is a professor of physics and mathematics and Director of Columbia University's Center for Theoretical Physics, and is renowned for his groundbreaking discoveries in superstring theory. He is the author of The Elegant Universe, The Fabric of the Cosmos, and The Hidden Reality, which have collectively spent 65 weeks on the New York Times best seller list and sold more than 2 million copies worldwide, and he has hosted two Peabody and Emmy Award winning NOVA miniseries based on his books. With producer Tracy Day, Greene co-founded the World Science Festival. He lives in New York.

SKU	Non disponible
ISBN 13	9780393046885
ISBN 10	0393046885
Titre	ELEGANT UNIVERSE CL
Auteur	Brian Greene
État	Non disponible
Type de reliure	Hardback
Éditeur	WW Norton & Co
Année de publication	1999-02-17
Nombre de pages	464
Prix	Winner of Aventis Prizes for Science Books: General Prize 2000
Note de couverture	La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier.
Note	Non disponible