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The elegant universe [electronic resource] : superstrings, hidden dimensions, and the quest for the ultimate theory / Brian Greene.

by Greene, B. (Brian), 1963-

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[New York] : Random House Audio, 2008.

Superstring theories.

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9781415963470 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)

1415963479 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)

Edge of knowledge -- Tied up with string -- Dilemma of space, time, and the quanta -- Space, time, and the eye of the beholder -- Of warps and ripples -- Microscopic weirdness -- Need for a new theory: general relativity vs. quantum mechanics -- Cosmic symphony -- Nothing but music: the essentials of superstring theory -- "Super" in superstrings -- More dimensions than meet the eye -- 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.

"[Greene] develops one fresh new insight after another...In the great tradition of physicists writing for the masses, The elegant universe sets a standard that will be hard to beat."

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