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" The elegant universe : "
Brian Greene.
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BL
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627568
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| Main Entry
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Greene, B., (Brian),1963-
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The elegant universe : : superstrings, hidden dimensions, and the quest for the ultimate theory /\ Brian Greene.
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New York :: Vintage Books,, c2003.
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xvi, 448 p. :: ill. ;; 21 cm.
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0375708111
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: 9780375708114
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-428) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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Superstring theories.
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Cosmology.
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QC794.6.S85G75 2003x
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