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

Greene, Brian

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0224052993 ISBN 13: 9780224052993

Casa editrice: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1999

Riassunto

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 large and small - General Relativity and Quantum Theory - is resolved. String theory proclaims that all of the wonderous 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 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 ELEGENT 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.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Jonathan Cape Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0224052993
• ISBN 13: 9780224052993
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 464