The Elegant Universe
Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
[New York] : Random House Audio, 2008.
Format: Eaudiobook
Description: digital
"[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."
Contents:
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.
Subjects:
Superstring theories.
Cosmology.
Supercordes (Physique nuclâeaire)
Cosmologie.
Snaartheorie.
Superstring theories.
Cosmology.
Supercordes (Physique nuclâeaire)
Cosmologie.
Snaartheorie.
ISBN:
9781415963470 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
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Eaudiobook
Downloadable audio file.
Title from: Title details screen.
Unabridged.
Duration: 15:36:27.
Electronic resource.
Read by Erik Davies.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Title from: Title details screen.
Unabridged.
Duration: 15:36:27.
Electronic resource.
Read by Erik Davies.
Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 224356 KB; MP3 file size: 439104 KB).
Mode of access: World Wide Web.