The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden... by Brian Greene

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In a rare blend of scientific insight and writing as elegant as the theories it explains, Brian Greene, one of the world's leading string theorists, peels away the layers of mystery surrounding string theory to reveal a universe that consists of eleven dimensions where all matter is generated... read more

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Calling it a cover-up would be far too dramatic.

Part I: The edge of knowledge

1. Tied up with a String

Part II: The Dillema of Space, Time, and the Quanta

2. Space, Time, and the Eye of the Beholder
3. Of Warps and Ripples
4. Microscopic Weirdness
5. The Need for a New Theory: General Relativity vs. Quantum Mechanics

Part III: The Cosmic Symphony

6. Nothing but Music: The Essential of Superstring Theory
7. The "Super" in Strings
8. More Dimensions Than Meet the Eye
9. The Smoking Gun: Experimental Signatures

Part IV: String Theory and the Fabric of Spacetime

10. Quantum Geometry
11. Tearing the Fabric of Space
12. Beyond Strings: In Search of M-Theory
13. Black Holes: A String/M-Theory Perspective
14. Reflections on Cosmology

Part V: Unification in the Twenty-First century

15. Prospects