'Not since the extraordinary success of A Brief History of Time has a scientific book caused such a stir. An eloquent sweep through the history of modern physics and cosmology.'
Sunday Times
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 wondrous happenings
in the universe, from the frantic dancing of subatomic quarks to the majestic
swirling are manifestations of one single entity: microscopically tiny
vibrating loops
of energy, a billionth of a billionth the size of an atom.
In this brilliantly clear book Brian Greene, one of the world's leading physicists, relates the scientific story and the struggle behind physics' search for a theory of everything.
Through the masterful use of metaphor and analogy, THE ELEGANT 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.
Paperback
£7.99
ISBN 009928992X
