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|aGreene, B.|q(Brian),|d1963-
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|aThe elegant universe :|bsuperstrings, hidden dimensions, and the quest for the ultimate theory /|cBrian Greene.
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|a2nd ed.
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|aNew York :|bW.W. Norton & Co.,|cc2003.
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|axv, 448 p. :|bill. ;|c24 cm.
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|aOriginally published: 1999. With additional pref.
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|aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 427-428) and index.
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|tEdge of knowledge --|tTied up with string --|tDilemma of space, time, and the quanta --|tSpace, time, and the eye of the beholder --|gch. 3.|tOf warps and ripples --|tMicroscopic weirdness --|tNeed for a new theory : general relativity vs. quantum mechanics --|tCosmic symphony --|tNothing but music : the essentials of superstring theory --|t"Super" in superstrings --|tMore dimensions than meet the eye --|tSmoking gun : experimental signatures --|tString theory and the fabric of spacetime --|tQuantum geometry --|tTearing the fabric of space --|tBeyond strings : in search of m-theory --|tBlack holes : a string/m-theory perspective --|tReflections on cosmology --|tUnification in the twenty-first century --|tProspects.
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|aRelates the scientific story and the human struggle behind the search for the string theory--the ultimate theory which scientists believe is capable of describing all physical phenomena, large and small; and discusses how the theory is impacting human understanding of space and time.
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|aCosmology.
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|aSuperstring theories.
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