Greene, B. 1963-

The elegant universe : superstrings, hidden dimensions, and the quest for the ultimate theory / Brian Greene. - New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 1999. - xv, 448 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

"...Nova special on PBS"--Sticker on cover. 2003 preface.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-428) and index.

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. pt. 1. ch. 1. pt. 2. ch. 2. ch. 3. ch. 4. ch. 5. pt. 3. ch. 6. ch. 7. ch. 8. ch. 9. pt. 4. ch. 10. ch. 11. ch. 12. ch. 13. ch. 14. pt. 5. ch. 15.

ISBN: 0393058581 9780393058581

Standard No.: 9780393058581 51995

LCCN: 98025695

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Superstring theories.
Cosmology.

Dewey Class. No.: 539.7258 / .G83e, 2003