The Elegant Universe

Brian Greene "The Elegant Universe - Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory"
Publisher: Vintage | Year 1999 | English | PDF Scanned - Good Quality | Rapidshare | 432 Pages | 21.9 MB | ISBN: 0375708111



The Elegant Universe is a book by Brian Greene published in 1999 which introduces string theory and provides a comprehensive though non-technical assessment of the theory and some of its shortcomings.

Themes

The book is divided into three themes in the following parts:

* Part I: The Edge of Knowledge
* Part II: The Dilemma of Space, Time, and the Quanta
* Part III: The Cosmic Symphony
* Part IV: String Theory and the Fabric of Spacetime
* Part V: Unification in the Twenty-First Century

Contents

Beginning with a brief consideration of classical physics, which concentrates on the major conflicts in physics, Greene establishes an historical context for string theory as a necessary means of integrating the probabilistic world of the standard model of particle physics and the deterministic Newtonian physics of the macroscopic world. Greene discusses the essential problem facing modern physics: unification of Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. Greene suggests that string theory is the solution to these two conflicting approaches. Greene frequently uses analogies and thought experiments to provide a means for the layman to come to terms with the theory which has the potential to create a unified theory of physics.

Adaptations

The Elegant Universe was adapted for a three hour program in three parts for television broadcast in late 2003 on the PBS series NOVA.

* Einstein's Dream
* Strings The Thing
* Welcome To The 11th Dimension

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