The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
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A new edition of the New York Times bestseller—now a three-part Nova special: a fascinating and thought-provoking journey through the mysteries of space, time, and matter. New York Magazine Compulsively readable. Greene threatens to do for string theory what Steven Hawking did for black holes.
2003 PrefacePrefacePt. IThe Edge of Knowledge1Tied Up with String3Pt. IIThe Dilemma of Space, Time, and the Quanta2Space, Time, and the Eye of the Beholder233Of Warps and Ripples534Microscopic Weirdness855The Need for a New Theory: General Relativity vs. Quantum Mechanics117Pt. IIIThe Cosmic Symphony6Nothing but Music: The Essentials of Superstring Theory1357The "Super" in Superstrings1668More Dimensions Than Meet the Eye1849The Smoking Gun: Experimental Signatures210Pt. IVString Theory and the Fabric of Spacetime10Quantum Geometry23111Tearing the Fabric of Space26312Beyond Strings: In Search of M-Theory28313Black Holes: A String/M-Theory Perspective32014Reflections on Cosmology345Pt. VUnification in the Twenty-First Century15Prospects373Notes389Glossary of Scientific Terms413References and Suggestions for Further Reading427Index429
